/ AFRJCANA. MER[t!3!(Y-BlBLI0TEEK . : I h PntTORlA. Klasncmmcr., R e g i st e r p, o m m 6 r. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/relationoftwosevOOfric A RELATION Of Two feveral VOYAGES Made into the EJST-INDIES, B Y C HR ESTOP HER FRTK^E, Surg, AND CHRISrOP HER SCHEWITZER. The whole Containing An ExaT Account of the Cufloms^ T)iffofi- tionSy MannerSy Rdigiony 8cc. of the feveral J^mgdoms and Dominions in thofe Parts of the World in General : But in a more particular manner , Defcribing thole Countries which are under the Power and Government pf the Dutch. Done out of the Dutch by S. L. LO N DO Ny for Printed D. Browriy S, Cron.chy J. Kmpto?jy R. Knaplocky J. WyatCy B. Tooky and S. Buckley y 1 700. rt T O T H E RIGHT HONOURABLE T H O M A S IT is the fate of Honour and Me- rit , my Lord, to be lyableto a^ bundance of troublefome Appli- cations ; among which, I am apt to think , a Dedication fometime to be none of the leaft ; efpecially when the Author comes with his imaginary Pa^ rallels between the Patron and the Work, and by afar-fetch’d Relation, would plead a neceflity for his Pre- fumption. There is no danger, my Lord, of my taking that Method, the Mean- nefs of the Work, and the Merit of .iji A 2 the Epijile Dedicatory. thePerfon I Addrefs it to, will not permit me to think of any fuch Pro- portion. And I am fenlible that if that was always ftridly to be obfer- ved, Men would be at a lofs to find out an Offering worthy fuch a Geni- us, as doth vifibly appear, even in this your Tender Age ; and which (if it pleaLs.the Almighty to continue his Favours to you, and to give you an Addition of Years ) will appear with fo great a Luftre, and fuch a fhining Brightnefs, that it will not need to be pointed out* but will com- mand that Commendation from the World, which if I fliould give, might probably be thought a Com- plement. For what lefs can be expect- ed , my Lord, when all things con- fpire to make you truly Gteat ? Your Birth, your Natural Gifts, your Pa- rents and your Predeceffors great Ex- amples ; fo that you need only have an Eye upon Them, and make but a Common Improvement of your good Difpofitions , to make you become f Kpiftle ^Dedicatory, I become, with the Bleffing of God, I a Pattern of true Greatnefs and I Virtue to Pofterity. If I then prefume to offer this to I your Lordfhip , it is not for any I Right it can have to your Accep- I tance, but becaufe I hope it may \ give you an ufeful Entertainment at • Vacant Hours. And if, my Lord, it prove any way Acceptable to you, either for the Variety oftheSubjed, ' or the Intention of the Dedicator, you will give a lingular Inhance of 'your Generous Condefcention , in taking it as ( it is meant) a mark of the iincere Refped wherewith I am. Tour Lordj^ifs Jliofi Humble and Mofi Obliged Servant, S. L. A 3 The The CONTENTS. Of Mr. Fryke^s Voyage. C^Hap. I. The Author gives an account of his mighty j defer e to Travel. Of his Country and Profeffion. He fets out on his Travels.^ and pajfra^^ prji thro’’ fever al Countries of Euvop>e., he comes at length to Amilcv- daiTl : Where he inakes his application to the Eaft-In- dia Company to he admitted into their ServicCj and vs accordingly chofen one of their Surgeons The manner of his fetting out on his Voyage. The Orders.^ Laivs.^ Cu^ fioms.^ &C. that are conftantly ohferved on hoard the Eaft- India F/eef. Reflctlions on the Voyage^ and thbfe that undertake it. Page I Chap. 2. Their fetting out on their V yage out of'TetQl. Come to the Canary- Itlands. Excejfive Heat there. The way of Burying at Sea. Sharks very dangerous. Many fall fick in their Ship. They pafs by t he ijland of St. Paul. They are Shipwreekt by the falfe Cape de bonn’Ef])erance. How far dlftant that is from the right Cape.^ fo called. Their arrival there ^ andde-'- feription thereof of the Lewenbergh. A fight be- tween a Lion and a Wild Boar. An account of the Natives and Foreigners.^ St.C. P* I 3 Chap. 3 The Author’s departure from the Cape.^ in the Ship called the Europa. They met with a mod violent Storm., which held them four whole days, about St. Maurice’s Idand. Their arrival to the Streights of Sunda, then to Batavia. Defeription of the City, and Cafile and of the Government of them both. Cufioms of the fever al Inhabitants there ’, efpecially the Chi- nefes. Many Crocodiles in that River, they are called Caimans hy the Inhabitants. The Author prefent at A 4 I Ik The CONTENTS. the catching of fever al of them. The manner of it. Tygers^ j4pes^ Coco-trees, Mangoes. Biflang Figs. p,27 Chap. 4. The Amhor is removed from the Fort to the Hofpital of Batavia. The Hollanders War with Ban- tam. An account of that Country, which hath been ve- ry mifchievous to the Eaft-India Company, occafioned by the Englifll and Danes, who made it their hufinefs to incenfe the King of that Country againfi the Dutch. Bantam heretofore under the Government of the King ^Japara. DutchypwV Jacatra Japara, and wanted an opportunity to do the like to Bantam, which offered it felj by a falling out between the old King and the young one, which broke out wto a bloody War. The Son fends to the Dutch for help. An exaB ac- count of that Expedition from the beginning of it to the end of it, which proves very advantagious to the Dutch. p. 49 Chap. 5. The Fleet comes together again, and falls upon the Javians at Sea. The Author is ordered to Ban- tam, to take care of the wounded, that were fent thi- ther. The Council refolves to purfue the Javians. Their Malice, and inveterate Hatred againfi the Dutch. Several Skirmijhes with them. The Expedi- tion of the Dutch from Bantam againfi Dorjalle, which was the old Kin£s Refidence. A Bloody Fight mantAned by the Dutch againfi the Javians, with a great lofs of the former. Some Javian Nobles fent to defire a Peace which was refufed. The Garrifon of Dorjahe fet fire on Dorja^ and fly. The Dutch plunder what was left of it. The Author difcovers a very confiderahleTreafure buried under ground, but receives little advantage from it. The Admiral's Ex- pedition in purfuit of the Enem^, where he meets with an unlucky accident. P- <5^5 Chap. 6. The Author, among others, going along the Ri- ver Tauburangj meets witffeveral Parties of the Enemy, and have Skirmijhes with them. The Town of Anier befieged. Bravely defended by the Javians, by the The CONTENTS.? the means of two Renegade Dutchmen ^ one of which which was taken ^ and immediately hanged. Ani»i' ylnndred andfacki’d. The yluthor fiot in the Leg. The whole Country brought in fubjeBion. The Tdkng Kin^s bafe dealing with fame oftheNobles.gvho came into fib- mit themfelves to him.gJotwithflanding his gracionsRro- mifes to them. An end of the Wars. The danger that a man expofes bimfelf to.^ that will take any of the Indi- an Commodities for his own private Gain. An infance of it in the Author himfelf. A very flrange and bar- barous Cruelty committed by the Javians apon fame Dutchmen, who fell into their Hands. They are dif- coveredj ond punifi’d after the mofi cruel manner that could be invented. The manner of their Death, p. 85 Chap. 7. How infolently the javians behaved themfelves towards the 'Dutchj and how civiliz^ed. 77?(? Dutch get the total Government of the Country into their Hands by the confent of the young King. The Old Kinfs Surrender.^ Confinememt and Death. Rebuild- ing of Bantam, and its flourifnng Condition. Its Traffick^ Commodities.^ Fruits.^ and Provifons. Tygers there in great numbers.^ how catched. Elephants taken after alike manner in C,ty\on.y and Ar2LC3.n. The fe- veral Games and Pafiimes at the Weddings of the Chief Javians, together with fome Cufloms and Cere- monies ufed on thofe occafons. A defeription of Pep- per.y and its growth. The Authors departure from Bantam to Batavia, and thence to Banda, p. 100 Chap. 8. Their arrival to Banda. The Author falls ve- ry ill there., how recovered. Defeription of the growth of the Nutmeg and Mace. Departure from thence to Amboina. An account of the Clove-Tree and Cloves, Return to Batavia. The Ifand Onriilb, why fo called. A vafi quantity of Tortoifes there y the manner of taking them. They are a mighty Food a- rnongli them. How Sharks are taken., and the ufe of that Fifh's Liver. A Voyage from Batavia to Ceylon. Columbo the Chief City there. The Stratagems which TheCONTENTS. Chap. 1 4. T'he Author'^ s Departure from Batavia for Holland. Orders obferved among the Ships ; They come and lie before Bantam ^ where the Author goinf on ShorCj is left behind, but by good luck overt ales tfse Ship again. They come to the Cape de Bon Efperance, Objervations on the place, and on the Hotteiltot’j there. They leave the Cape. Come into the Sea which they call the GraZ-Zee ^ They meet with a fearful Storm, which lafied four days. They come to the Briel thence to Amfterdam, TpWf the Author is forced to lie in great Pain, and at great Expence j and at lafi, with much ado. gets home to Ulns. p. 205 Contents of Mr. Schewitmer's Voyage. CHap.i. Rife of the Dutch Eaft-India Company. Many go to the Indies induced by afooUfh hope of growing Rich there. Kidnappers fend many thither. The Author* s going off from Amllerdam to theTtx- el. What Ships were fent out. Ice and hard Weather detains them fame weeks in the Texel. Orders given in cafe they fhould meet and fight with the French. The allowance diftributed to the Ships Crew. They meet with Turkifh Pyrates. Sentence given on a Criminal. The Equinodial Line. Great Mortality under it in the Ships. A Remarkable accident that befel the Au- thor. Northern Pyrates. The Devil’s Mount in Afri- ca. Arrival to the Cape of Good Hope. p. 225 Chap. 2. The Cape, how far from Amfterdam. Fruit- fulnefs of that Country. Its fulnefs of Inhabitants, calPd Hottentots, their cuPioms and Manners. Its Wealth. Their going off from the Cape. The day of Humiliation kept in the Fleet. A certain Merchant’s fen falls into the Sea and is drown’d. Two more drown’ d. Their allowance leffend. Arrival at lava Major. The Road of Sunda : Bantam. A Man fwallowed up by a Crocodile. Arrival at Batavia. Defeription of its Fort, with four Bastions. Cuflom of the Chinele’s there, when one of them dies. What Heathens live at Batavia. Atnboinefes^r^ound from thence for Holland. The Author is dif- char£d at his request (tho’ with fome diffculty') : Is to go to Punt de Gala by Sea^ to Embark there. The Mafier being drunk.^ they run the V ?ffel againft a Rock.f and all funk. The Author and fourteen others fave their Lives by fwimming to fhore j but loPt all their Goods. They come Naked to Punt de Gal ’, whence he Embarks aboard the Weller- Amftel. Their departure and arrival to the Cape, where they find the Ships from Batavia that had waited feven j - Weeks for them. A French Pirate comes amongfi them ■under a difguife. All come away from the Cape. An Account of their Voyage : What places they paf- fed: What extremity they were come to. At laft., by Cod’s Affftmce.^ they came fafe home. p. 345 ( ' ) A Relation of a Voyage made to the Eaft Indies by Chnjiopber Fryke^ one of the Surgeons to the£. India Company, from the year i 680. to the year 168 6* — -- - C H A P. L The Author gives an account of hk mighty dejire to travel. Ofhk Country and YrofeJJlon. He fets out on hk Travels.^ and faffing firfi thro' fever al Countries' of^mo^^Q.^ he comes at length to AvoAqi- dam : Where he makes hk application to the Eaft- • India Company to be admitted into their fervice.^ and k accordingly chofen one of the Surgeons, The manner of his fettirig out on hk Voyage. The "’'Orders.^ Lazvs^ Cufcms.^ &c. that are confiantly ob- ferved on board the fleet. RefietTwns on the Voyage.^ and thofe that undertake it. EVer lince I came to years, that I could tell my own inclinations, I found the chiefeft ofmy defires was to travel and to fee Ifrange • - Countries. And whilft, by reafon ofmy - youth, and my more abfolute dependance and fub- jeftion to my Parents, I could not think of moving in perfon ; yet, in my thoughts, I was often tranl- ported from one Country to another : And by the help of Books, I did in fome meafure enjoy that i fatisfaQion iii imagination which 1 hoped one ' day to enjoy in reality ^ and that too as foon as might be, for the more I read Voyages, JouDials, B and 2 Mr. Fryke / Voyage and other fuch Books, which gave me an account of ftrange Adventures, places, things, SJ'c. which Men had met with in thofe more diftant parts of the World the more my defires encrealed to lee thofe things, they gave fopleafant a defcription of Nor did the greatefl: of dangers, which thole ac- counts reprefented to me, fomuch affright me from the like undertakings, as the joyful deliverances out of them, encouraged me to truft lb much the more firmly in Divine Providence. And I propofed to my felf lo much the greater a degree of latisfaftion, in as much as I might be induced fo much more effe- ff ually thereby to admire the great power and wif- dom of God; which, tho’ vifible enough every where, yet are more confpicuous. in thofe wonder- ful works of Nature, which being left common { and lels familiar to us, are more apt to raife our j admiration and love of him,who is the Creatour of k them all. it Asfoonthen as my years and affairs did fairly n permit me, I prepared my felf to be gone, and to ' ( Ipend the beft part of my time in Travels. j pj In order therefore to put my refolution into praftile, I let out from home in the year i6jj. on ^ the 28 th 01 February^ and took my Ihorteft way to it F/>;v;v^7, the chief City of the Empire; from whence i I went and took a view of moll part of Hungary', j, after that I went into Bohemia, Moravia, Silejia, 5^ Saxony, and other Countries adjacent; thence I went uti into SwiJJerland, where I fpent about fix months at || Zurich. But my earneft defire to be a travelling fomething nt farther would not permit me to fray, and afford my ;{/j felf much eale at any of thefe neighbouring Coun- to^ tries ; but I went away for Baden ; taking a Boat ;|y that carried me all up the River Lim.at, which is L a little River that flows from the Zurich-Zee, and pafies thro’ the Country of Zunchgoiv, and below Baden I kj to the Eaft-Tndies. 5 Baden runs into the River Aar. Above Waidjhut I took a Boat on the Rhine^ which carried me all down that River to Nimeguen., whence I went by , Land to Vtretcht^ and from thence by Water to Am- : Jierdam^ where I arrived about ChrifimM\A.D.i6'j9. i The vaflnefs and beauty of that famous City, and ! - my being a Rranger there, made me not a little to 'vfland amazed, and look about me- as well to ad- mire the rarities, that offer’d themlelves to my view every where, as to confider whither I fhould go firlf, and where it was moft likely I fhould meet with i what I fought alter, which was,a fair opportunity of : undertaking fome Voyage to the Eaji-Indies. j While I Hood in this doubtful manner confidering I what I fhould do next, a good Woman (in all appea- rance) obferving me to be a flranger, and full of thoughts, askt me whom I wanted, or whither I would go> I told her that the firft thing I was to fee after, was a Lodging for I was but juft come, and the night was drawing on apace : But withal I ’ told her, what fort of one I wanted, for I had not I much money left : Upon which fhe very compaf lionately told me, I fhould be very welcome to her 1 poor Apartment (as fhe call’d it) if I pleafed. I did i not ftand long to confider of the matter, but took hold of the opportunity ,and went ftraightway with her to her houfe : Being come in there, fhe bid me flay a while till her Husband came home. It was pretty late at night ’ere became^ being abroad at I work, a Bricklayer by Trade ^ when he came, he j fhewed himfelf very courteous ^ and being all fate ; down, we fell a talking, and he asking me feveral ' ; queftions, as it is natural to do to a flranger, and • I amongft: others, to what intent I was come thither ; t I told him the truth of the matter,and the only thing s I I propofed to my felf was, to find an occafion to go I I to xh^Eafl-lndies -, andbegg’d his affiftance and ad- f I vice the better to go about my defign and to cora- ^ i pafs m B 2 The i: 4 Mr. Fryke / Voyage The honeftMan did not feem a little furprizedat my defign, and endeavoured by all means he could to diffuade me from it, by fetting before me all the dangers I was to run, viz. of hardftiips, excefles of heat, hunger and thirft, and oftentimes of lofing life it i'elf. But the more lively he prelented all thele and other kind of dangers to me, the more eager it made me to go thro’ ’em, and the more it eflablifh- ed me in my refolutions, as if the dangers had been the only charm that drew me. Which my honeft Landloid obferving, he found it was in vain to at- tempt to turn me from my defign 5 and upon that turn’d all his perfuafions into a friendly promile, that he would affift me to the utmoft of his power ^ and he accordingly recommended me to fome of the Chiet Men of the Eaji-India Company, and did me very confiderable fervice. Having in this friendly manner broke the Ice for me, and prepared fome of the Gentlemen to receive my applications, I went chearfully to wait upon them my I'elf, and told them, that it was my delire to be employed by thofe honourable Members in any lervice fuitable to my profeffion, which was Phylick. They carefully examined the reafons that induced me to go the Voyage, and advifed me to weigh well what I was about, before I fixt my re- folution •, that I might not have caule to repent of my ralhnels when it was too late ^ and withal they told me that I muft expefl to engage my felf for five years. I told them that I had not wanted lei- fure to confider of it, and that I was fully fatisfied ot the reality of my intention, and that there was no danger of my repenting, or of performing with any regret a thing I had refolved upon with fo much deliberation. At which they were very well fatisfied,’ yet could they not chufe but w'onderto find me,who| was but a Youth, fo undaunted, notwithflandingthe dangers, which they themfelves reprefented to mej I was tt I Hi r to the Eaft'lndies. 5 I was then appointed to appear before the Chief Phyficians, and to undergo an examination ^ which I accordingly did, with twelve more with me, who were, like me. Candidates to ferve in feveral parts, out of all which there were but fix to be chofen, three being defigned to each Ship, of which' there were but two to go this Voyage, Having been all examined, we retired to the Hall belonging to theHofpital, where we were order'd to wait for our anfwer. The expe£lation and hope which every one of us were in,ofbeing oneof thofe that were chofen ^ and on the other fide, the fear of ill fuccefs, and of difappointment, made us all very uneafie. We were not put out of our lufpence that day, but we were bid to come again and make our perlonal appearance before the Commiflioners the next day following ^ which we did, and I was one of them that were chofen, and my Poll was affigned me aboard the Ship called the (Ternatc) which was the only one that went the Voyage in company with the Europa. I was not fo very un- eafie as the reft were during the time of our fuf- pence, becaufe I was prepared againft all difap- pointments in relation to my particular Profelfion -, for I was refolv’d to go upon any account rather ' than not to go at all ^ and a Man fo refolved may ! eafily find admittance into fome Poft or other. And , indeed I utterly defpaired of fuccefs as to my being chofen for a Phyfician, being I was fo very young, 1 and the number of the Candidates fb very great •, I but beyond all expe£fation I was one of the fix , Perfons that were called in to give in their Names, j tho’ indeed I was but the laft of them ; And being all order’d to ftand by the Secretary, we were eve- J ry one askt feverally the fecond time whether we ^ would promife faithfully to execute our OSice, and ^ ftriQily to obferve all and every the Articles enjoyn- " ed by the Company. There were enter’d with the B 3 «>ther 6 Mr. Fryke / Vojiage " other Phyfidans, and my felf a Surgeon for each | Ship, and to each of them a Mate, who ferves as a Barber. So that we were fix in number, who an- i fwering all in the affirmative, were fworn, and a Declaration was made to us of the feveral Offices we were all accepted into, and what Salary each of us was to exped ^ viz. Each Phyfician was to | have 42 Gelders per month, and his Table, and a Shear inftead of it 6 Ricksdollers. The Surgeons! 28 Gilders, and Diet, and on Shear 3 Ricksdollers. | The Barbers 14 Gilders a month, and their Diet,f and on Shear an allowance proportionable to the others inftead of it. Then we all fubferibed to their Articles, and the Cafh-keeper paid us two months Salary before hand-, and three Dutch Skil- lings every day while vve ftayed on Shear; which was eighteen days. i After which, a review being firft made of all the Ships Crew, we were all put on board three long fiat Boats ( which are for that purpoie, and tho’ finall, yet fo dole Deckt, that in a rough Sea they will go quite under the waves and retain no water) they carried us from Amflerdam to Texel., where the two Ships, bound for the Eaji-hdies^ lay. Texe/ is a Sea-Port lying on the open Sea, about 1 6 miles from Amjierdam ; we had a very frefti gale oi Wind (I call it fo now, tho’ then I reckon’d it a hard Storm) but it was not fair for us ; fo that we made Ibmething more than- four days, before we could reach Texel ; Whither being come, and ha- ving nothing to do but to Sail, I will in the mean while give my Reader an account of the prepara- tions that thole Ships generally make for this greai Voyage. : Before they go off from Holland.^ they take a ge neral review ol. every perfon that belongs to tk Ship, and each Man hath two months pay advan ced him : But the full and regular pay begins onlj f t t: t ( ( ( ! I 1 ( I so the Eaft-Indics. after they are pafied the Tonnen^ which is a place lb called, about a League out at Sea ^ from that time the full pay is to continue whether the Fleet go forward, or is forced back again by contrary Winds , as they frequently are ^ and Ibmetimes kept there a great while, infbmuch that in the Winter they are laid up for leveral weeks, the Water being frozen all about them, fo that they cannot ftir ^ and when that happens, they do ibmetimes difcharge their Ships Crew to leflen the charges which would otherwile be very great. But when the Wind is fair, and ,the Fleet hath been two or three days under Sail, then there is diftributed to each perfon, little and great, 5 Dutch Cheefes as a Prefent from the Company : Then muft all and every Officer, Soldier and Mariner, make his appearance upon Deck, to be divided in- to their feveral Quarters, which are two : The one of them is called the 'Prince's garter ^ the other Count Maurice's. Each perfon is affigned into one of thele Quar- ters, in which he is always to be found on any oc- cafion 5 and there he is to keep the Watch by turns. And that all may know to what part every Man belongs, the names of them all as they are divided is affixed to the Main Maff,on two diftinft Tables ; where alfb is let the order and time that every Man is to watch in. . The Prince's ^larter hath the firft turn, and is therefore called the firft Watch. There is a Provoft, whole Office it is to call them toge- ther, and to fet the Watch ^ each Quarter watches four hours, and then is relieved by the other. Count Maurice's Quarter hath the lecond Watch, and is alfo called the Dog-watch. There is a Bell in the Ship, by which notice is given them of the time. It is rung at the letting of the Watch, and with a loud voice charge is given by the Provoft to every one to take care not to be drunk upon pain of 8 Mr^ Fryke / Voyage punifhment. There are Hour-glaffes put up conve-> niently for him that ftands Centinel, and the Helms- man to fee i and as foon as the firft Glals, which is but of half an hour, is out, they ftrike oneftroke on the Bell ^ when the fecond is out, they give two, and fo on, adding one for each half hour, un- til the Bell is rung again. Then another Officer comes and calls his Men together out of his Quar- ter, and releafes the other. There is likewife one Man or two always to {land on the Main Top-Maft head ^ but the Sob diers that go to the Eaji-lndies are always free from that lervice, tho’ in their return from thence Home, that duty lies upon them equally with the Sea-men. Yet ("if they can afford it) they may buy it off with a matter of 25 Ricksdollers, tho’ the Voyage fhould be a year in compleating. When there are a great many lick in the Ship, then thofe that are in health are again divided, that they may have the duty as equally fhared between them as may be : And when a Storm threatens them fo as to be forced to hand their Sails, all hands muft be at work and help ; and fo likewile when the Ship is forc’d to clap upon a Wind, fo that Ihe muft tack every two hours. When any one negleHs his turn, or is negligent in his duty, his puniftiment is to have a 100 or 200 ( or fometjmes more) blows on the breech with a Rope’s end. Every one that doth not come every morning and night to the Prayers that are conftantly made twice every day, lofeth for that day his portion of Wine and Brandy : There is a Plalm alfo fung every night, and for that purpofe a Pfalm-book is prefented by the Company to every perfon in the Ship. - Smoaking of Tobacco is ftri£lly forbidden at night below Decks, to prevent any mifthief that might be caufed by it, the Beds being all ftuft with : , ■ ^ , very to the Eaft-Indies. 9 very good Cotton •, but every where elfe it is al- t lowed ; And there :s a great Iqnare Cheft with a I Pin in the middle, about which there is 10 or i2fa- * thorn .of Match, where any one may light his Pipe. At the third Watch it’s the bufiiiels of one of them to take care to call up the Cook, who, as fcon as Prayers are over, goes about the Dinnerl ■ Three Meals a day are allowed to all, and imme- I , diately after Prayers they ring the Bell, then every ' - one comes for his ^lantuni of Brandy, which is about a quartern of our meafure. Every Saturday each Man receives five pound of Bifeuit, about a quaitern of Q.il, and double that : quantity of Vinegar, and half a pound of Butter, i which a man mulf husband as he thinks heft ; it is to ferve for the whole week. Three times a week are Flefh-days, viz. Tuejdays^ Saturdays and Sun- days.^ on which days each Man hath three quarters of a pound of Beef or Pork, but moft of it is fo : fait, having lain in the Salt it may be five or fix ' years, that when it is dreft it hardly w^eighs half a pound. As for the Drink : At the fetting out the Beer is in common as long as it lafts, which is not very long ; when it is out, then every one is reduced to his meafirre of Water, which is about a large quart to a Man, and very well too •, but when they come into the Indies., if they chance to be commanded away to any other parts, they are often forced to be fatisfied with half that quantity, and then you may imagine what a value a Man fets upon his Liquor ^ and a Man may as well fteal all ones ipo-* ney, as a drop of Water from any one. There is a very great feverity exercifed over the Malefaffors, of which we fhall have occafion to Ipeak more particularly hereafter. In the mean while to inform the Reader of the general Cufloms, they are as follow. If 20 Mr, Fryke’j Foyage I If any one wounds another with a Knife, or other i Weapon, he is forced to hold up his hand againft the Maft ^ and the Barber takes a Knife,and ft rikes it thro’ his hand a little below the fingers ^ and fometimes as the fault is greater or left, thro’ the middle of his hand, and there he leaves it flicking in the Maft *, fo that the Offender muft pull his hand thro’ if he defigns to have it to himfelf again. He that ftrikes an Officer, or Mafter of the Ship, is without hopes of pardon to be thrown into the Sea faften’d by a Rope, with which he is thrown in on one fide of the Ship, and drawn up again on the other, and fo three times together he is drawn round the Keel of the Ship, in the doing of which, if they fhould chance not to allow Rope enough to let him fink below the Keel, the Malefaflor might have his brains knockt out. This Puniftiment is call’d Keelhalen^ which may be call’d in Englifh ¥.661 dr awing. But the Provoft hath this Priviledge more than the other, that if any one ftrikes him on Shoar, he forfeits his hand, if on Board, then he is certainly Keel-draw' d. Part of the Provoft’s Of- fice is diligently to obferve the behaviour of the Soldiers, ^c. and to fee that they be exercifed eve- ry day by fome difciplined Soldiers that have been the Voyage already. Punifhment alfo is inflifled by his orders on the Soldiers that are catch’d at Cards pr Dice,vvhich are ftriflly forbid -, but Tables and Draughts are allowed, yet muft they not play at them for Money. All I fhall add concerning the manner of going about this Voyage, is by way of directions to thofe who have a mind to undertake it. There are occa- iions enough for any Man among the Dutch,French, Englifh and Portugueze, and every Man muft take his choice which he will go with, according to the Nation he is of. But for the Dutch (if not for the others too) the beft way is to go to Amjlerdam^ whence to the Eaft-Indies. i j whence a Fleet is dilpatched three times every year, which for management of their affairs at Sea yields to no Sea-men whatever, and therefore is mort fafe and convenient ^ they go off about June^ September and December. But they will- hardly re* ceive any FafTenger,as fiich;, and therefore for his ad- mittance,he malt enter into their fervice, intofome Poft convenient for him, at leaft for the Voyage^ Indeed when one comes to Great fava.^ which is by Bataviap>nQ may quit their fervice^, but the Rules which their Articles bind a Man to oblerve, makes it a freedom not much different from the fervice, by reafon of the great reftraint the Company will lay upon a Man. For firft. He muft oblige himfelf not to ftir out of the Country in left than ten years time ; Nor muft he Traftick in feveral goods, as he would defire ^ nor with fuch Countries as would pleafe him beft : For he is only permitted to deal with fome fmall part of the Country, atthelflands of Molucca : And if a Man tranlgrefles thefe Injun- clions, he doth not only forfeit all he is worth, but alfo his honour and reputation. Thofe that defign then to give themfelves up wholly to the fervice of the Dutch Eoji-India Com- pany, muft bind themfelves to them for five years, •befides the Voyage forwards and backwards^ and take his chance for what part of the Country he is to live in : For it doth not lie in his power to chufe this or that part, as a Man might wifh ^ Ibme parts being fo much more healthy than others are, and fome much more advantageous than the reft •, for that he muft take his Lot as it falls. It feldom happens too , that any one is removed from the place into which he is ordered at the firft ; but it falls hardeft of all upon thofe that are or- der’d to ftay all the while at Sea on board *, tho’ indeed it is more profitable for him. Any one that goes thither cannot have any pro- fpebl X a Mr. Fryke j Voyage fpe8: of advancing himielf much, unlefs he under- ftands Trade very well, and the Dutch Tongue^ and hath Friends there, that are able and willing to help him.For when the Company take men into their lervice, they take 3 or 4 times as many Men as they have Employments for, and out of them they employ thole only that have good recommen- dations. Some men indeed by their Induftry and good Fortune, or rather I Ihould lay, good Provi- dence, have advanced themfelves confiderably from nothing, or very mean beginmngs-, but there are abundance who want neither parts, nor induftry, who notwithflanding do not move a Pep towards Preferment all the while they Pay there : Which hath made feveral of them to del'pair, and betake themlelves to very ill courfes. The condition of life wherein a Man meets with leap dilappoint- ments under them, is that of a Soldier •, where he hath four Ricksdollers a month and his meat ^ tho’ the latter is very mean and fparingly allowed,both in the Ships and in the Garrifons, infomuch that it is a very hard and uncomfortable employ tor any one that hath any thing of Education. The Soldiers receive their Pay as follows ^ one half of it is paid at two payments in one year ^ and that not in full, but one part in Cloths, which are reckon’d to him at a fufficient high rate, and the other half is paid him when he is come home again. He receives for his SubliPence (belides his pay) 40 pounds of Rice ( inPead of Ammunition- bread) per month, and A of a Ricksdoller. Belides, all the Countries where the Company hath any footing are very unhealthful, except Cor- mandel^ Batavia^ and forne few others, and mop very ill provided with necelTaries, much lefs with conveniences, for life. The Soldiers that remain on Ship-board, are yet woife uled than thofe that are at Land, and by rea- fon to the Eaft-IndiesJ ij fon of the Foggs they are often in, are more fuh- je0: to licknefs and befides, both there and on Shore, there is more levere Juftice exercifed on Offenders than in Europe, and a fmall matter brings a Man to open and fhameful punifhment. All this being well confidered, I prefume no Man can be very fond of going to the Ea ft -Indies on thofe terms, unlefs he is reduc’d to Poverty, or driven to it by fome other necefhtous occafion. But my advice would be to any one that hath a mind to fee the Indies, and to try his Fortune with freedom, to go among the Englifh, who with more honour and generofity give a Man the liberty to advance himfelf^ or to pafs his days there as he thinks moft convenient, and to as much latif fa£tion as his circumftances will permit him,which are left to a Man to improve as he is beft able, and may then comfortably enjoy the fruits of his Labours and Induflry. CHAP. II. Their Jetting out on their Voyage out of Textl. Come to the Canary Iflands. Excejftve Heat there. The way of Burying at Sea. Sharks very dangerous. Many fall fick in their Ship. They pafs by the Iftand of St. Paul. They are fhipwreckt by the falfe Cape de bonn’Efperance. How far diftant that is from the right Cape.^fo called. Their arri- val there and dejeript ion thereof of the Lewen- bergh. A fight between a Lion and a wild Boar. An account of the Inhabitants both Natives and Eoreigners.^ sic. A Review of all our Ships Crew being made, which was three hundred and fifty perfons, on the laft of May 1680. We weighed An- chor, and fet out witn a good Wind, and the other Ship with us. And the next day about Sun-rifing, we 14 Mr, Fryke*/ Voyage we pafled between Dover and Qalice^ which are fe- ven Leagues diftant from each other. The lame day five Fly-boats from the Maes joyned us, they were bound for Dortiigal^ by which we were to pals. The third and fourth day we ftill had France on the left of us, and kept England in fight on the right, and failed fuccefsfully, fave that one of the Mailer’s Boys going to eale Nature at the Ships Stern ( whereas the Bowgh is the ufual place ) dropt into the Sea •, and tho’ we hail’d out our long Boat immediately, yet the Ship failing lb very falf,they could not come at him •, fo the Boat was hoylfed in again. The Wind continued good for us till we came within fight of the Ifland Sal- vagues^ where we loft our Companion the Ship Europe^ Vvfhich had fleered another courle. In the mean time the common Articles which are to be obferved at Sea, were read ^ to inform every one of his duty upon all accidents and occafions;, and allb what allowances every Man was to have. We paired by the faid Iflands, tho* with a con- trary Wind, which obliged us to tack three or four times a day, till we at laft at three weeks end got in fight of the Canary Iflands, and with a fide Wind at N. N- E. failed thro’ between the two Iflands. There we faw that vaft high Hill call’d Pico de Canaria^ or the PeakofTeneriff^ which is of fuch an incredible height, rhat none in the World is to compare to it. Tis admirable to fee, how far it ftretches it felf above the Clouds. It was at that time fo exceffive hot about us in our Ship, that we were forced to have a fail ftrfetched, and that continually kept wetting, to keep us a little cool ^ and defend us from the Sun’s piercing Beams : And yet you might lee through the Clouds, the top of that mountain covered with Snow. Here our Mafter died, being upwards of four- Icore Years of Age, and having made three Voy- ages to the Eaft-Indies. ages to the Eaji-Indies : Upon which, a Council be- ing called, one Eeter Peters was chofen in his Place. This old Gentleman was the firft I faw buried after the Sea-fa (hion, which is in this man- ner : They take :he dead Body and tye it on a Board, and faften two Cannon-Balls to their Feet, and fo throw them over-board,juft as Morning- Pray- ers are over. In this manner they ferved the Ma- iler. But my Comrade had not all this pother made about him ^ for without a Salute or a Cannon-Ball he was barely ty’d to a Board, and thrown over ^ ' fo that he floated a great while. This Solemnity gave occafion to a Difpute among fome of our Seamen, concerning the dead Bodies that were thus i thrown over-board •, fome affirming. That when j they were loofe, floating upon the Water, you ' might turn them how you would, and they would Hill turn again, with their Face or Head towards I the Eaft : Upon which, one of thofe who could not give Credit to that Opinion, went down (the [ Water being pretty Hill) and with a Pole turned i the Corps about, which immediately turn’d again, ■ by what Caule I know not, but it convinced him, I That the other’s Aflertion had fomewhat of Truth in it. Such dead Bodies float till fome Shark, or fuch like great Fifh, devours them : But I do fuppole they Ipit out the Plank again. Thefe Sharks we as ' often call Men-Eaters in Dutch, becaule they are very greedy of MensFlelh. They have a large Mouth, which they open very wide, and Teeth of great length, and exceeding Iharp, which Ihut into one another j fo t]iat whatever they get be- tween them, they bite clear through. They are about 20 or 24 Foot in length ^ and they keep , about the Ships in hopes of Prey j but are much more frequent in the Indies^ than in the Way ^ where they do abundance of Milchief among the Seamen i6 Mr. VrykQ'sFbyage Seamen when they go to Iwim, as we afterwards found, when we carne in the Road near Batavia-^ where one fwimmlng at a diltance from the Ship, a Shark came up to him, and drew him under Wa- ter, and we never could hear of him more, or fb much as fee any remnant of him •, which made all the old Seamen wonder, who laid, They never knew a Shark take any more of a Man, than a Leg, or, it may be, a good Part of the Thigh with it : But for this Man, we did not percewe lb much as the Water bloody. Near Japara we had a Man, who had loft a Limb by this means, under our Hands to cure ^ and he lived feven Days after it^ but at the end 'of that time he died, being mightily tortured with a vehement Cramp. Ano- ther time, at the Ifle of On^uJ}^ about eight Leagues from Batavia^ our Ship being layed up to mend Ibmething of the fide of it, the Carpenter going to do Ibmething to it, about a Knee deep under Water, had his Arm and Shoulder fnap’d off. I took him and bound him up, but to no purpofe Tor in left than three Hours time, he was dead. But now to return to my Purpofe ^ which is, To '^ive you an Account of our Voyage. We had now been above eight Weeks at Sea, and had had very favourable Winds-, in which time moft of our Provifions of Brandy, Cheefe and To- bacco, being confumed ^ and the Heat daily in- creafing-, to tvhich we muft add. That many were not uled toluch fort of Sea-Diet (and that at laft we could hardly get neitheij viz. Bacon as laltas Brine, Gray-Peafe halfboyfd, Giowc and lih king Water : Oi r Ship became a meerHolpita!, lomany fell lick. The cnief Diftemperswere, meDropfie, the Bloody-Flux and Scurvey. Upon this tneiick were divided from the reft, and had the Larboard ^ fide allotted them, which is the fide on the left- jiand. The Starboard w^as lor the others. Thus we continued ilo b i 0111 fFe io the Eaft-Indies. 17 continued our Courfe, till we reached the Ifland call’d, The Ifland of St. Tauf which we left about 30 Miles off on the left-hand, and fleered our Courfe for the Cape of Good Hope. After about feven days fail from the faid Ifland of St. Yaul with very little Wind, the number of our lick increafed daily^ and the diflempers that now reigned moft, were the Scurvy, and the Small- Pox ; which carried off almoft all the oldeft of our Men, but the younger fort quickly recover’d,. Many were light-headed, and ailed nothing more ; which was occafioned, as I prefume, only from the exceffive heat we fuffer’d, as we pafled under the Line, and came to the other fide of the Globe. In this difmal condition we went on ^ our only hope being that we fhould not be long ere we fhould reach the Cape Bonne Efperance^ or the Cape of Good Hope. But our hopes were flrangely fruflrated : for we quite loft our courfe.: 'For the Snow fell fo migh^ ty thick fas it isufual about Africa) that our Men could not fee one another the length of the Ship, Then our Mafter gave Orders that one fhould go up the Main Top-Maft head, and keep ftrifl watch^ becaufe we were continually in expeffation of com- ing to Land. Early the next morning I got me above Deck, and went to take my allowance of Brandy at the ufual place : After which my Com- " rade, and I, who had been old acquaintance before we went to Sea, and between whom an inviolable ' Iriendfhip was contraffed, we agreed to go and fmoak our Pipes, and fell into a chearful ' confe- rence about our approaching Joy of fetting our feet on dry ground. While we were thus talking, we heard of a fud- den ciy of Land, Land, which mightily increafed our Joy •, little knowing after what manper we were drawing nigh to the Shore. But we quickly C law 1 8 Mr, FrykeV Voyage law our miftake, when the Matter upon this out- cry, comes out, and with death in his looks crys out. Oh my poor Ship ! we are all undone ! At which we ttood in amaze, not knowing what to fay, or to take in hand to help our lelves. All this while the Ship was running violently to fhore, the Wind being very high, and having no time to hand our Sails, we were forced to cut the Gears, upon which the Wind carried off our Sails over-board, with fuch a violent noife, that one would have thought Heaven and Earth were com- ing together. While we were all running hither and thither, in a miferable confufion, the Ship be- gun to crack ^ which made us all cry out with a loud voice, to Almighty God, to receive our poor Souls. It is eafie to imagine what a difmal condi- tion we were in, with the noife the Ship made, and the crying and fighing that fo many of us made ; for we were ttill 343 perfons on Board, and the Ship kept ttill cracking more and more, till at latt the After-part broke, and the Sea beating in violent- ly, limk our Stern in an inttant. None now expe£led to efcape, and we law no- thing but death round about us, by reafon of the depth of the Sea on one fide, and on the other the Shore fo high, that it was inacceflible. Yet every body was willing to try what they could do^ and >[ to prolong their lives as long as they poflibly could, uj We refolved therefore to leap into the Sea, and, if jq poflible, to make to Shore, which was near enough ' to us, if haply we might reach it : But we lore- jg faw it almott impoflible to come to it, by reafon of y its tteepnefs, and the violent beating of the Waves. Thus recommending my felf to Almighty God, and having '■ implored his pardon and aflittance, I committed my lelf to the Sea, and ttrove with the utmott of my power to get to the Rocks. I toucht them twice or thrice, but the Waves carried k to the Eaft-Indies; ip ; me ofF again ^ by this time fome of our Com- i , pany were got out lafe, and they could not help > us any otherwife, than by calling to us, and advi- I ling us what was bell: to do ^ which was no Imall ■ help to thofe that fwom ; for the direftions they gave from the Shore, was a great guide to thole poor people who were Hill in the Sea, and whom fear made fo inlenlible, and fo hafly, that they could not of themfelves think to take the advan- tages they might have done, had they been lels u terrified. After I had been carried off again ftom the Rock, lb far, that I had little or no hopes of ever reco- I vering it again, it pleafed God that I was thrown on again, and I luckily ftruck my hand into a claiy i part of it, and thus got fafe to Ihore. Seven more got out after me, and 3 5 before, fo ! that 43 of us only elcaped ^ vis. the Mafter, the ' Sreers-man, two Surgeons befides me, three Car- ; penters, the Cook’s men, the Swabber, the Gunner, ■ ; 22 Sea-men, "and eight Soldiers. The reft,3oo in number, milerably loft their lives. Here we all fell on our knees, and returned our : hearty praife to the merciful God who had fo boun- tifully deliver’d us from fo great a danger *, after which we went to look a little about us ^ but none K-of us knew where we were; which added much to ; , ‘ our forrow ; befides that three of our men were al- moft dead with the cold caulcd by the Sea- water. I ' The’ Ship funk down-right, lb that we could not ■ fee the lealt part of her, nor had we faved the leaft thing about us. Her Cargo was vt^orth above 328 000 Ricksdollers in ready Calh, and many thoulandGil- , ders in goods befides, which were all loft. ^ Finding out at lait that it was the falle Cape of I Good Hope we w'ere got upon, and that we w^ere I at 40 Miles diftance from tire -right one, ■where the 1 Duth Garrlfon lay; we were forced to go further ' C 2 into 2.0 Mr^ Fryke X Voyage into the Country, which was the more tedious, by reafon of the fick men we had with us. We knew that the Country had good ftore of admirable fruits, which we wifhed to come at ^ and at laft we got fome excellent good Water-Melons, which ferved us for Meat and Drink. In this poor condition we faw fome Hottentots - at a diflance, whom we could not corne to fpeak to^ for they run away from us. But it was to fetch fome of them that could fpeak Dutch and when we had made our cafe known to them, they imme- diately went and acquainted the Governour with it, who (freight lent another parcel of thefe Hotten- tots (who are the wild Inhabitants of that Country) together with feveral Files of Soldiers to fetch us. They took up our fick men, and carried them on their (boulders upon Beds made of Reeds •, and we were comfortably entertained with good Canary, good Rice, Bisket, and all forts of excellent fruitSj all which were extreamly welcome to us. When we came to the Cape, our Mafter and the Streers-man went immediately before the Gover- nour, to clear themfelves from whatever might be laid to their charge, for the lofs of the Ship, and of fo many mens lives j and there alledg’d, that it could not be imputed to their negligence, or want of due care-, but that it was the good pleafure of Providence to affli£f them in that manner. After which we were all lodged within the Caflle, and furnilh’d with the ufual allowance, and there wait- ed for the Europas coming -, which was no lefs than three weeks : • So that we gave that over for lo(t too, fearing it had undergone like fate with ours. What oblervatioris 1 made in this Country, du- ring that time ofour (lay, I will now give you an account of. Inhhe year 1650 a Fort was built by the Dutch in this Cape, and everfince alDhe (hipping that comes thither, to the ii thither, whether French, Englifli, or any other Nation, muft pay Tribute at their hrft Landing. This Land, for its lituation and fruitfulnefs, is very commodious for all that go from any part of Europe to the Eciji- Indies^ for refrefhing of themfelves, and recruiting of Provifions, and taking in of freih Water, which comes out of the Rocks and Mountains of the Coun- try. Within the Land, it is richly adorn’d with abundance of Fruit-trees^ but near the Shore, there are few, or none, by reafon of the terrible Winds and Hurricanes, th^ beat upon it in a fearful man- ner, which come generally down from the Moun- tain called by the Dutch 'Tajel-hergh : And by rea- fbn of thefe ftormy Winds, this Cape goes frequent- ly with us by the name of the Storm Cape. The Dutch, that are there in Garrifon, have planted good Orchards and Gardens, which afford all forts of Sallads, Cabages, Turnips, Cowcum- • bers, and all forts of Kitchen Herbs : All which are great refrefhments to thofe that come from Sea. And likewife the free Inhabitants, of which there were already fome hundreds when I was there, have Land which produces good Corn, Wheat,and Oats, Cf c. and Vineyards ; So that one Ends there plenty of good Beer, Wine, excellent Bread, and fuch fort of things as well as in Europe. I dieted at one of thefe Free-men’s houfes, and I had a very good Dinner of Meat, roft and boil’d, and Fifh, w ith excellent Sallad, and Butter, and Cheefe, and delicate Beer, all for one Skelling.^ (which is but fix pence Englifh) but Wine I w^as forced to pay for, after the rate of half a Ricks- doller the quart. Befides the great flore of Fruits which are com- mon in Europe. There is great plenty of admirable Lemon and Orange Trees,which afford a very beau- tiful profpe£f. The Haven is called TafelBaey, which is to fiv, C 3 Table Mr. Fryke’i Voyage Table-Bay, fo called from a vaft Mountain juft by ! th e Shore which is called Tafel-bergh^ in Englifli Tahle-hill^ from its figure, which is feemingly fquare | and flat at top : It is feen a vaft way off at Sea and j it lies about five Miles from the utmoft point of I the Cape •, between which, lieth the Hill Lewen- bergh^ or UiorU s-hill^ fo call’d, by reafon of its re- fembling a Lion in fhape ^ the head comes quite up to the Table -hill^ and the 'tail comes down into the Sea. I had a great defire to go up to the top of that ^ Hill e’re I went from the Cape : So having got Lome i ^ others who defired it too, we got leave, ahd fet out | ‘ the next morning early, ft is about a Mile diftance f from the Caftle ^ we went up it a good pace foi^ a ^ matter of foe: hours, and yet we were not near to * the top : We were pretty well tired, and more afraid ^ of being too long about it, and of, being belated', ^ for in the evening it is extraordinary dangerous be- j ing there, by reafon of the wild Beafts that then i < come abroad -, fo we e’en refolved to go back again! ' to get in by day-light ; For we thought if we had I i fallen under their clutches, we fhould not have i ( been much the better for our experience : And be- i t fides, a Cloud came over us which - wetted us to the - J Skin, whereupon w'^e returned back ftreight,and came : i into the Caftle about half an hour before night ^ foi 1 that we could not compafs our defire, nor. could ever i yet hear of any one that had been up to the top of it. i Provifion is here fo plenty, that the Dutch have; i it mighty cheap, for a little Copper-wire, for Brace- i lets, for Tobacco, and for any fuch trifle j lb that a large Beaft doth not ftand a man in more than ai : couple of Shillings. ■ i 'There are a great many Lions and wild Boars. In : the Governours Hall are two Lions Skins. The one i was of a Lion, that one of the Hottentots fhot with his Arrow ; The other was kill’d by a Boar. This laft Creature, #0 Eaft'Indks. 23 Creature, I mean the Boar, hath on its back a (harp fort of Prickle i near a fpang long, and fo hard, that they ferve many Trades- men for Bodkins. And the Lion falling furioufly upon this Boar, the Boar flruck him with his prickly Briftles into the belly, and made him bleed to death, tho’ the Boar perifh- ed likewile in the fight ^ and they were found dead by one another, and both their Skins were hung up for a memorandum. Eefides thefe, there are many Elephants in that Country, and a fort of Beaft they call Eavians^ the lame we call Baboons ^ which very much referable aged Men. Some of our Men had orders once to go into the Wood to cut down part of it. Amongft them was one Comical fellow, who had beaten one to death in a quarrel at Tirol ^ and being forc’d to fly, had lifted himlelf a Soldier in the Eajl-lndia Company, and fomade his efcape. He ftaid a little after the reft to eale Nature ; and laid his Satchel down at fome diftance from him 5 we faw one of thole Baboons coming towards him, which made us ftand ftill to fee what he would do ^ and laying hold on his Satchel, away he went with it, and robb’d the fellow of all his provifionof Bread,and Cheele, and Tobacco ^ which made very good Iport for the reft. Oftridges are here alfo very common •, the Eggs whereof are very good to eat. And among many other forts of Birds, which they have,that are uncommon with us, there are a fort called Sea-Ra- vens •, but of thele there hath been account enough given by feveral Writers. In the Sea, all round this place, one may fee abundance of great Fifh called North-Capers., but none of them arecatched about the Cape-, they have a fnout like that of an Hog, thro’ which they throw up Water as high as an houle, and in fuch a quan- tity, as to fill almoft a fmall Veflel, and it comes down like a violent Ihower of Rain ; They are af C 4 ways 24 Mr. Frykej Voyage ways to be feen about the Cape, but they do no manner of harm. There is a prodigious quantity of other ibrts of Fifh,both in the Sea, and in the Rivers too. We went one night with a Net to have fome fport, and at two pulls we had fo many, we could not carry the tenth part oPem. The Eifti we caught were made very much like our Carps*, and here are alfo abun- dance of Tortoifes. The natural Inhabitants of this place, are called Hottentots^ meer Heathens ^ of no extraordinary fize*, for the moft part very lean,and meagre ^ their Lan- guage very unpleafant, rattling, like Turkies when they fpeaP They go Rark naked, only having a Sheeps Skin about them, the Tail whereof comes before their Privities. When a Ship is new come in, affoon as the Boat lands any of the Men, they get in as it comes back, to beg Bisket of the Sea-men, which they love ex- ceedingly ^ when they ask for it, they cry Broqua., which fignifies Bread. It is their cuftom to cut out one of their Tefticles when they are young. Their chief Ornaments (if fuch may be fo called) is on their Legs ^ they take an Ox, or Sheep’s-guts, and thrufting out the excrements ■a' little, juft to let them lye cloR and flat;,and while they are moift, they wrap them about their Legs, and there let them ftick. Thele very guts is part of their food too ^ for juft in- this fame pickle, they broil them a little over the fire, and eat them. So that it may properly be faid, that they are meat and cloth to ’em •: But to fee them ufe it either way, might very probably give any man befides them, a vomit. They ufe to befinear their body with all manner of dirt and haftinefs, which^ makes them ftink worfe than a Goat. • • . . . - Upon their heads they ftick all forts of little Sea-fhells, and fmall Copper Rings^ that come from ; • Nearen- rr to the Eaft-Indies.' 2 5 ISIeurenbergb^ which the Sea-men bring with them, to give them : And for one of them they will fhew you fomeof their Tricks^ among which one is, to throw a Dart or long Stick, with which they’ll hit within the compafs of a farthinga mighty diftance olF. As for their Religion, little can be laid of it, their Language, it not being underftood by any, that ever I heard of They ufe commonly to get together near to the Sea-lhore in the morning by Sun»rifing, and there they get in a Ring, holding each other faft by their hands, and dance about upon the Sand, looking up towards Heaven, faying fomething in their Lan- guage ^ and then write Ibme ftrange unintelligible charaHers and figures in the Sand,and lb depart ^ all which undoubtedly is intended in honour to Lome Deity. I have asked Ibme of them that could fpeak a little broken Dutch, what thoughts they had of a God, and whom they believed in ^ they anfwered, that they thought that there was one above, that had made the Hills, and that Sea which we faw,and aU that was in them ; and that Homage was due to him; but I could not learn any thing further. They are very good Footmen, and run very fwift- ly, which make the Dutch keep always a Troop of Horle there, to catch them in cale of any Infurre- ftion : For they dare not truft them in the leaft. In milchief they are cunning enough, tho’ wonderfully Rupid in any thing elfe. If they are not hungry, they’ll not work, tho’ you would beat them to death; but when their belly incites them to it, they’ll work like Horfes. It is not fafe to break ones word with them ; and if one fhould not give them what was promifed, when their work is done, a man would go in danger of his life. ^ Their Habitations are moft on green Meadows, and grounds that bear fweet Herbs for Pafture for thei Cattle. Their Houfes are made of Sea-Reeds t^yr’d together, and faftned at top; juft like bur H. . ' Hop-poles, i6 Mr. Fryke’x Voyage Hop-poles, when they are laid up for the Winter*, and when rheir Cattle hath eaten up the Failure all ' about them, then they remove their Houles, to Ibme i i frelh place, and lettle there, again for fome time. i ; As to what belongs to thofe we call Free-men, of I i which I made fome mention before, they are fuch ; of our Men, as have lerved the Company in the i nation of a Soldier, or any other way during the ; Ipace of ten or twelve years, and then delired to i fettle there, to trade or plant, which they may then ‘ do, paying a certain fum of Money, and all Impolls j J and Culloms to the Company. Thefe have dwel- ^ liig-houles built after a manner like as in Holland^ but not fo high nor fo fine. ■ The chief Commodities which the Company trades in,’to quit the Colls of their Garrifon there, is Sea-Dogs, which are catched here in vail q^uan- tities. They boil the fat out of them, and the Skins are hung up to dry, which they fend afterwards to Holland. When any Ship comes there, an Order is read ' to all the People that are on Board, forbidding them all to buy any thing of the Hottentots, except Ollridges Eggs, and other like trifles. All Commo- [ dities of any ufe or value, as Rhinoceros Horns, Ele- ^ ^ phants Teeth, and Sea-Dog Skins, are wholly in- groffed by the -Company. ; tl jultice here is very fevere, in refpefl to any of ^ thele Heathens elpecially •, one inllance whereof I jj was an eye-witnefs of, while I was there 5 Three of 1 c them having ravilh’d a Chrillian Maid-fervant,were I { hung up by the heels on a Gibbet, and fo ended I c their lives, after they had hang'd there about thir- | teen or fourteen hours, 0 There are four Seafons of the year here, tho’ in 0 a quite difterent time from ours : For our Summer is their Winter -, and in September^ which was the j time I was there, it was their Spring-feafon. r Their to the Eaft'Indies. 27 Their Winters are cold, and always foggy and mifty, but there is never any Froft or Snow. Thus far will fufiice to inform the Reader of the nature and cuftoms of the Cape de Bona Speranza. I pro- ceed now with the continuation of our Voyage. C H A P. III. The Author's departure from the Cape^ in the Ship called the Europa. They met with a moft violent Storm^ which held them four whole days about St. MdiUncCsl^hiiTTheir arrival to the Streighls of Sunda, then to Batavia. Tefcription of the City^ and Cajile •, and of the Government oj them both. Cufloms of the feveral Inhabitants there ^ efpecially the Chinefes. . Alany CrocodiJs in that River., they are called Caimans by the Inhabitants. The Author prefent at the catching of feveral of them. The manner of it. Tygers^ Apes^ Coco-trees., Mangoes, Bifang liggs. After we had fpent a pretty while here, and were very \vell recovered from our late Af- fiidion, we prepared our felves to be gone in the Europa^ which by this time was come, and ready to fail off again for Batavia *, and with the hrft fair Wind we fet Sail, and in the name of God we ran out of Tafel-Bay^ leaving only one Englifh Fly -Boat behind us at the Cape, which was come thither, fince we. All that day, and the next, the fame fair Gale continued, which blew us along fo briskly, that on the next day we were got out of fight of Afri-. ca., and came into the Main. We had this brisk and fair Gale for eight days together, which car- ried us merrily along beyond the Ifland called 28 Mr. Vrykes Voyage St. Maurice.^ about which place men feldom fail of a Storm and bad Weather ^ fo that it was no fmall joy to us, to have fb fairly elcaped it : But alas ! our joy was foon palled •, and our fecurity proved very deceitful, while we foolifhly took the meafures o( our fafety, more from the Climes and Latitudes we were in, than from Provi- dence, to whom the Winds, and Seas are every where fubje£l ^ for when we leaft thought on’t, the Sky darkned all of a fudden, and fuch a Hur- rican role upon us, as made us all tremble. No Iboner had it given us the firft tofs, but our Ship out^did almoft the noife of it, with the dreadful mcks it gave, infornuch that we expefled nothing but to link in the inftant. All the while the Clouds grew darker and darker, aiid die Wind increaledto that degree, that we could not hear one another Ipeak. The Sea gaped lb hideoufly, that it could not be thought we Ihould ever efcape being fwal- lowed up ^ our Ship fometimes mounted on the top of a Wave, plunged down with fuch a terrible force, as it had been down a Precipice, that we expefted every moment to be overwhelmed with it. And no Iboner had we elcaped one Gulph, but W'e were raifed up again to fall into another. All this while, what with the Sea dafhing in upon us, and what with rhe great Gaps that were in the Ship, we were lb full ofWater, that we were all forced to pump like Slaves, for three days toge- ther-, all which yet was little enough. I for my part, who little thought to have been in any fuch employment, yet w'as forced to fall to, and Hick to it for four hours together, which would have been intolerable to me at any other time ; But on fuch occalions a Man doth not much Hand up- on Niceties : And I do not remember that I was lb much as tired with it, for the hopes we had that God would if ill 'call' an Eye of pity upon us. ' : To the Eaft-Indies. 29 and relieve us out of our mifery, was now. all the comfort we had left. But the Weather ftill conti- nued, or, rather indeed, grew worle, lb that mounting our .Ship up an end, one of our Carpen- ters was tois’d out of his Cabin, and had tumbled direfliy into the Sea, had not one of the Sea-men luckily caught hold of him. I tryed feveral places to get a little reft in, and, amongft others, I got in by fome Sheep that we had brought from the Cape v/ith us, which I found almolt dead, never a one of them being able to ftand on its Leggs. Not finding my felt lafe there, without holding I fall by the Boards, which was very tirefome work, I went to the Gunner’s Room, where the Surgeons Chefls always lye, to try to get into a Hammock ; But all the Chefts there were turned topfie turvy, and in fuch a confufion, that I could not get to the I place I defigned for ’em •, lb I fate me down ; But ! I had not been there three minutes, but I heard a j low broken voice juft breathing out the Name of j God ^ at which, being mightily furprifed, I looked I and found our Provolt, an old Man, lying under thole Chefts that werejumbled together, and crulht to pieces with the vaft weight of ’em. I ran up to acquaint our Mafter, who in the hurry took little notice of it, only order’d fome of the Men to throw him over-board, which was immediately done, !»’ without any formalities, or fo much as a Plank j for we had no time to tye him to one, as it is ufual ; but over they threw him, cloaths and all on. It was now the fourth night that we had been in this condition ^ and that we gave our felves for gone every moment of that time : So we were all called to Prayers, and every one got out upon Deck with much ado, and held faft, fome by one thing, fome by another, to hear our Minifter,who very earneftly lent up moft devout Prayers to Heaven, jo Mk Fryke j Voyage Heaven, that God would in his mercy deliver us 5 or, if it were his good plealiire, to receive our poor Souls unto himfelf. To thole who are altogether ftrangers to the Sea, the AffiifHon we were in is altogether uncon- ceivable and for my own part, tho’ I have been oftentimes in great dangers by Sea and by Land, and upon many occafions have, with Courage enough. Hood before the Enemy ^ yet did none of thele dangers ever terrifie me comparably to this, where death doth not only leem fure ^nd inevitable, but comes attended with all the Idor^ rour imaginable, and drefl in its moll hideous and terrifying lhapes. But by how much the greater our danger was, fo much the more admirable was the power and goodnefs of God towards us ; For on the fourth day in the morning the Winds fell, the Air be- came ferene, and the Sea calm, which reftored us all, as it were, to life again. We then, as in du- ty bound, firft fell to praiflng of God, whence our help came ^ and with Hymns and Pfalms to rejoyce in him for his goodnels, and our miracu- lous deliverance. After which we went to fet things to right about us, and to mend our tattered Ships. To this purpole we put all the heavy Cannon on one fidei^ of the Ship, to raife up the other, that the Car-' penters might get at it to work j which they went about immediately : But the Calm did not laft long enough for them to do half what we wanted. We had a brisk Gale, which was very fair for us, it’s true ^ but having fo many Leaks unilopt, we were forced to keep our -Pumps going continually. This Wind held us fix days, during which we paf- fed tlie Latitude of 5^. Maurice^ and got in fight of de AmJterdiWi which w'e left about fix- teen io the Eafl-Indies. ^ i teen Miles on the right off us, and fleer’d right up- on Great 7^ w, whereof is the chief Town. In all this time we had a great many of our Men iick, and feven of them died, and were caft over- board. I'he Wind being fo fair for us, the allowance was large, and there was no flint of any thing al- mofl : Yet we wifli’d heartily to be afhore, and the more, for the fake of our Sick : But we want- ed more than a hundred Miles fail to the place we were to go to. But by God’s afliflance we reach’d it, beyond our expeflation ^ for, by Sun-fetting, a Sailor cryed out. Land ^ which caufed a fudden joy amongftusalli and the Mafler flraight prefented him a Ducat, or two Ricksdollers, two Cheefqs, . and a Bottle of Canary, according to cuflom. Upon this we fell to tricking up our felves, painting our Long-Boat and Shalloop, and making our Ship very fine : We faflned our Anchors, and made all preparations to go to Shore, which was not now above forty Miles from us. By the next morning we got within two hours fail of it j but we over-fliot it by above thirty Miles on the Wefl- ward of it •, fo that we were forced to tack about to the Eafl j and after fbme days fail we came up to fome fhaall Iflands that lye within five Miles of Great Java •, there we caft Anchor immediately, bawl’d out our Boat, and went on Shore, to fetch fome Coco’s, which we divided among the reft on Ship-board. Three days after this, we camie into the Road of Siinda^ wherein a great many little Veffels came to us (which they call Prawen^ which fail prodigious fwiftly J and brought with them fe- veral forts of fruits, as Coco’s, Pifang Figgs, which are a long kind of'Figg, Eggs, and fuch like. Laftly, On the laft day of November w@ arrived fafely at Batavia^ where we' caft Anchor before the Caftle, having loft thirteen of our Men, and about Mr. Fryke V Voyagi about 20 fick ftill aboard. Here we return’ll God thanks for our fafe arrival ; embraced each other heartily, and difcharged our Cannon very briskly. After which the Mafter taking fome company along with him, went immediately to Shore, to wait on the General, who was the Ueer John Speelman^ at that time Governour of all the Eajilndies. In the mean time the Fijca/ came to our Ship, to take a view of all the Men, and to demand all their Letters : After which the Men were landed, and the Ship unladen ; The fick were put into the Hofpital, and thofe that were in health marched in good order into the Caftle of Batavia ^ where being drawn up before the Generals Apartment, he came out to them, and kindly bad them welcome j and ordered the Major to divide them amongft the Militia ; but firll they had three days free- dom given them to reft and take their eafe : Af- ter which they were obliged to gather together every day without fail on a place appointed for them to exercife, until they were well vers’d in it, and made thorow-pac’d Soldiers of, and fit to be Lent on any Expedition to any part of the Indies. For my part, I went to Shore leveral times, and diverted my felf very well, until I received an Order from the Surgeon general to take my Foft in a fmall Fort, about a Mile or fbmewhat ! left, from Batavia j where I found an Enfign, two | 'Serjeants, two Gunnels, to eight Pieces of Can- non, and fixty private Soldiers. I was mighty well pleafed with my Station here^ the Place be- ing very finely and advantageoufly fituated, with ■ the Sea on the one fide, and a very plealant Ri- ver on the other, which came down from Batavia.^ upon which there were continually a great num- ber of Brawen failing to and fro with Chinefes, going 3 ■ , jto the Eaft'Indies. ^ ^ I' going to a certain place, about half a Mile from ' thence, where their Mofcjuc is, wherein they fa- crihce at feveral times in the year to their Idol, called by them Jafgin^ and by the Dutch Jo fie i and there they perform all their Religious Cere- monies, which are very diverting to a ftranger to lee. As for Batavia^ the City and Caftle are as well worth a delcription, as they are a Man’s light : And truly mine was ravifht with it ^ for I muft confers, that I think them yet finer even : ■ than Amjierdam it felf It is five or fix Miles in compals. The River Jacatra runs thro’ moft Streets of the Town, and almoft encompalTes it. ; I Upon thefe Canals the Inhabitants have the con- veniency of going in Boats to their G^dens and Pleafure-houfes ; The fides of them is wall’d up with good Iquare Stone , and all along each fide of it, there goes a Row or two of fine Cedar, ; Coco, or Figg-trees, where the Free-men ufe to I walk at night under a moft pleafant Shade. I The Caftle ftands toward the Sea. It hath ! four Baftions, two of them to the Sea, called the Biiby and the Bead ^ the other two to the City , which go by the name of the Saph 'ir and the D 'la- mon. It is in the whole exaU fquare, and from top to bottom built up with excellent good fquare Stone. On each of thele Baftions are fixteen half Culverins planted : Befides this, they are full of , fine Trees, fuch as Lemons, and Mango’s, which makes them look moft fweedy. While I v^as there, there was a third Gate built to the Caftle, which before had but two. One of the ^ates looks toward the Sea, thro’ which the Goods come in from the Ships into the Ware houfes, ' and it’s call’d the Water-Gate. The other goeth D ihlo Mr^ Fryke j Foyage into the City, which therefore they call the City-Gate. In the middle of the Caftle is the Generals Apart- ment, and over againft it are the Houfes of two of the Council-men. The reft, (which are four more) live in the City. The Government of the hdies lies upon thele fix Men. The General’s Retinue is not very fump- tuous ; He had but twelve Halbardiers, dreft much after the manner of our Yeomen of the Guard, but in Red and Yellow. One of thefe is always to ftand Centinel an hour before his Chamber. When he rid out, he was attended by a Troop of Cuiraffiers, and a company of Foot-men, and fix Halbardiers. But all this is nothing to his Re- venue, which exceeds that of feveral Princes of Europe. There are in the Caftle many other Inhabitants,, fome of the chief Merchants ^ fome Affiftants, and Book keepers •, alfo feveral Handycrafts-men, as Gun-Smiths, Lock-Smiths, Joyners, and fuch like, that are to be employed in any Military bu- finefs. The Soldiers have their ftandings under the Gates, and on the Baftions : Sometimes more, fome- times Ids, as they have occafion to fend them abroad, or call them home again. Every day about four in the afternoon, they muft come to the Parade, and pafs by the General’s houfe three times 5 fometimes he comes out, and takes a view of them, to obferve their carriage, and beha- viour, and to fee whether their Arms are kept in gfod order. W iien any one neglefls the Parade, he muft ex- pe£V lo be leverely punifhed-, for the Military Difciplifie is moft ftriftly kept up there. If any one fliould chance to lleep upon Gentry ; for the firll time, his punifhraent is to be loaden with heavy to the Eaft-Indies. 55 heavy Arms, for feme days the fecond time he is whipt j and the third time it is death, without re- miffion. The Caftle is encompaffed with very wide Grafts or Canals ; over one of which there is a fine Stone-Bridge of one and twenty Arches, that goes into a large Field, which is called the Galg- veld^ that is, Gibbci-field where Malefaflors I are executed. There is a Gibbet, a Wheel, and a Whipping-Poft ^ all which are frequently made ufe of Crols this Field is another Imailer Bridge, ( where a Gentry always ftands ) which leads to the chief Street of the City, which is called the Heere-firaet. Within the City are Shops for all kind of Mer* chandize, and very good and realbnable VidfuaF ling-houles : The Inhabitants are of all Nations, as Amboiriefes, Malabarians, Mardjgarians, but the Chinefes, being the chief and greater part, I flaall pafs by the others, and give you fome ac- count of them only. They exceed all the. others by far, in cunning and policy and are very good Mechanicks •, and there are of them of all Trades, excepting Clock- work, or Watch-work, and they dive into all man- ner of Commerce whatever. They wear moft commonly White or Blew. ; Their Coats are very large, and the Sleeves fo long, I ■ and wide, that they fail over their hands. Their Breeches likewife of the fame colour, are very wide, and come down to their feet. They w^ear a fort of broad Slippers, like Hungarian Shoes : But they are only made of Paft-board ; fo that wdien they are to go thro" any w'et or dirt, they ; take their Slippers in their hands then w^afh their ; feet at the next Canal, and wipe ’em ^ fo put their J Slippers on again ; But in bad Weather, if they ^ ! are to go thro’ a great deal of dlir, they v;ear D 2 ^ woodde.n i I 36 ” Mr. FrykeV Voyage woodden Shoes, fucli as the Country People do in France. They are very neat in their Hair, which they have trimm’d and comb’d every week by their Barbers they do ’em up with a Bodkin, and flick a fmall Tortoiie-fhell Comb in it behind, and fo put a Coif over it, made of Horfe-Hair, like a Net ^ fo that at the firfl, a flranger would take their Men for Women, Their Hair they value at the higeft rate, fince it is the laft thing they will flake at play. They are the greatefl Gameflers that ever were known ^ inlbmuch that they’ll play away their Wives and Children, when they have lofl all their Wealth And when their Houfes and Family are loft, then goes the very Hair oflF of their heads : But if one lofes that, he loies with it all his Credit and Re- putation, and is lookt upon as a Slave, and is lorcea all his life long to work and fell -for other People. Their Beards are very extraordinary, both for their length, and thinnefs, I have feen them with only five or fix Hairs on their chin, and thofe hang down to their feet. Their Women are moft of them Slaves, bought out of the Ifland Baly and MacaJJar ^ not very black, but of a deep tawny ^ fhort and very w^elf fett.' They may have as many of them as they are able to keep. When a Chinefe dies, his Heir fells all his Wives away again ^ except that one that he loved befl, who is by his Will made free. This makes them Gentlewomen, and their Heirs after them are likewife ennobled. Such as thefe are efteemed as the right Chinefes •, and they are but rare in the Country ^ for while I was there, there was not above twenty of them. They have none but Sons, almoft ^ it is rare to fee a Daughter in a Family. I was very curious to know whence that might proceed : But in vain did I imagine many /£> Eaft- Indies. 37 many things, to be the natural caufes of it- But being intimate with one of them, the cruel and barbarous method they take was made plain to me, which is, that they deftroy their Females ; and to this purpofe, as foon as their Big Bellies begin to be perceived, they keep within doors, fo that none knows of their being delivered, unlefs they bring forth a Male. At the fame time this difcovery was made to me, I was entruBed with the life of the difcoverer, and therefore I w^as made to promife all the fecrecy imaginable. Eve- ry morning their cuffom is, to wafh their Chil- dren in the River. Their Weddings are kept openly. The Men and Women go in Procefhon, and the Relations among them carry all their Prefents to the Young Couple, and all their Riches openly before them. Before the doors, where they are to have their Entertainment, is a fine Scaffold made up, where their Mufick Bands, which confiBs of feveral In- Bruments peculiar to the Country ^ as the Gim- gumma^ which is a kind of Drum, and a fort of Mufick they make with little Bells, which is agree- able enough. All the way they go, as alio the houfe they are to come into, are Browed with all forts of Greens and Flowers : Or fometimes they go by Water in their Fravocn^ on the Ca- nals that run thro’ the City, with their Hair down about their Ears, or hanging down in the Water. When they are come home, the fiiB thing they do, is to facrifice to their Idol ^ which is done after this manner. In a corner of the Room they have an Altar fet our with abundance of pretty little Trinkets, upon which is an Image made of Clay, about a fpan long. The face of it is very broad, with a large pair of Eyes j ilr is black, and painted with fome round Breeks of Red y a vaB large Nofe, and a long white Beard ; D 3 Oil g8 Mr. Fryke j Voyage On the head fland two Horns painted, with all forts of Colours. This Image they call Jofgim, to this they bow, and make many falutations ^ clapping their hands altogether, begging it to keep them from all harms, and to take care that ! no evil may happen to them. They ovm that there is a powerful God, that hath made the Heavens and the Earth : But they ; fay, that he is of a good nature and difpolition, ,i and that there is no fear of harm from him : | i But that all their fear is from the Devil, whom j they appeafe by their Offerings and Prayers under ]| the fhape of that Image; Therefore they are \i very careful to pleafe him, and will not fail at i night to light Candles made of red or yellow I Wax, which they fet before it: And there they ij bring Meat and Drink, and all forts of Fruit, |; which is all taken away the next day, and then ;■ it is eaten by the People of the houfe, and other j: frefli Meat let in the room of it. i But to return to their Fealls •, the Men and the i Women eat always apart. They take up their Meat with an Inflrument made of two pieces of ! Wood, which go crofs one another, fomething , like that which the Gold beaters ufe with us to [ take up their Leaves of Gold or Silver, which they ufe very dextroufly to take up their Meat with ; This ferves them inftead of Forks, and they keep them very neat and clean. They fit on the ground crofs-legg’d : And if at any time they do fit on a Chair or Stool, they hill fit down with their Leggs crofs-wife under them, and by that means they have them fo pliant, that they can lay them on i their Polls, with as great iiimblenefs and eafe as we can our hands.' But now to make an end of the Defcription of .CHAP. IV. T^he Author k rentoved from the Fort to the Hojpital oj Batavia. The Hollanders War with Bantam. An account oj that Country^ zvhich hath been very mifchievous to the Ealt- India Compary , occajioned by the Englifh and Danes , who made it their bufmefs to incenfe the King of that Country againjl the Dutch. Bantam heretofore under the Govermnent of the King of Japara. The Dutch fpoil Jacatra and Japara, and wanted an opportunity to do the like to Bantam, which offered it felf by a falling out between the old King and the young one^ which broke out into a bloody War. The Son fends to the Dutch for help. An exaT account of that Expedition from the be- ginning of it to the end of it , which proves very advantageous to the Dutch. HAving been now four months in this little Fort ^ an Order came to me to remove from this place, to take the care of the Men that lay lick in the City, and the Holpital ^ which was very welcome to me ^ not but that the Poll: I was in was profitable enough, and very genteel , and the place extraordinary plea- fantly fcituated : But it being a token of the relpe£l: the Eafi-India Company had for me^ and withal more advantageous, ' 1 accepted of the Invitation with much fadsfaflion. About a. Fortnight after there came a gene- ral Order for all that ^were in the Company’s E Service, 50 Mu Voyage Service, to make their Rendezvous in the Exe- cution-field j fo that you might fee there all their Forces drawn up together ^ excepting thofe , only , that were ablblutely neceflary to ftand : Centinels at the Gates and Ret^oubts. And in- deed a finer fight of that kind could no where i be feen •, for there were fome thoufands of Eu- j t ropeans, which were all very lufty, tall, proper, j t well-chofen Men and almoft as many of other different Nations ^ as Amboineefes^ Malabars, Ma- layers^ Aiard'ikers and Balingers. Thefe were all SI mixt into feveral Companies , which had their tli own refpeflive Officers ^ and after they had all [ pafs’d Mufter, they took the Oath of Fidelity in the prefence of the General, and the Council. Af- ter which the General made a very Eloquent Speech to ’em, in order to encourage them va- liantly to prepare themfelves for the A£Hon, h1 which was then in hand j and to make his Speech I h more truly Rhetorical and perfwading, he gave I i to every Man a month’s pay gratis. Then one | to half of thele Men were order’d to march to- 1 to ward Bantam^ and to Dangerang., which is a Pals { t to it, which they found very well fortified. The ' fc other half march’d thro’ the Caftle to the Wa- ! tfoi ter-Gate, whence they were carried off in little I ly Praw’s, or fmall Boats, on Board the Men of War, , (iio that lay in the Road, about half a League from at thence, and fo they were immediately embarkt. Wi And the Wind blowing then juft full Eaft, as igai fair as they could have wififd, they ftraight be weighed Anchor, and fleered direftly to the Royal nea City oi:' Bantam. But bt I: will be proper to give you fome account of that place, before I go any further, and to ac- q-'ainr you with thei^aules ' and motives of this I® ttrdenaking. . llom Firfki I to the Eaft-Indie$. Firft, Then you muft know, that this large Kingdom of Bantam^ being in it lelf of great ftrength,hath of late much improved it felf, by the numbers of Foreigners that are come thither from all Nations ^ and among them conliderable numbers too of Englilh, Danes, Spaniards, Por- tuguefes and Dutch , which hath made it a very troublefome and dangerous Neighbour to the Dutch Eaft-India Company j infomuch that their Ships that came from Europe^ or any other places thither, did not dare to come by the Road of Bantam-^ but were forced to take a vaft com- pals of three or four hundred Miles^ keeping to the Northward. Moreover, the King of Bantam had made leve- ral Attempts upon Batavia^ both by Sea and Land. Tho’ he was always forced to retire with great lofs, and without doing us any great damage. But tho’ he could not accomplilh his delire, and the Company could not fear a total overthrow-, yet they were Bill apprehenfive, that he being fo much more powerful than they were^ would prove very fatal to them in the end, and by little and little bring his defigns to perfe- ftion. Thus they were always very unealie, by reafbn of their troublefome Neighbour : But not finding themfelves able to declare open Wat againlf him, they endeavoured to gain him by Pre- fents, and a fpecious fhew of Friendfhip. Thefe means did not prove altogether unfuccefsful, but they were never at good underftanding with each other long together. For the King of Ban- tam^ beiides that he was very fickle and uncon- ftant in his Nature, having fo many Foreigners dbout him, who were no Friends to the Dutch E a * Intereft, 5^ ikfr. Fryke / Voyage Intereft, he was eafily perfwaded by them, to break Friendfhip with the Dutch upon the leaft occafion. And this the Englifh and Danes- were the chieF Inftruments of^' who made there a con- fiderable Body, were rich, and enjoyed great free- dom, and a moft fiourifhing Trade •, fo that they with eale let the King upon us, in hopes of rooting the Dutch out of their holds. The Dutch therefore were always forced to bS upon their Guards even while th^re was the greateft appearance of a fettled Friendfhip •, for they were fufficiently informed, that he was , always contriving how he might at once fall foul on them, and drive them out of Batavia ; Upon which, they on the other fide, refolved to countermine his defigns, and thought it the belt Expedient to divert him from that Under- taking, by finding him fome Employment with fome other Neighbours and accordingly made it their bufinels to create an ill underftanding be- ' twixt him and the King of Japara , hoping that the filent Fire might in time break out in- j to an open Flame. This they effeUed at length ^ ! but it proved little or no advantage to them -, | g, for they lay fo far afunder, that it never came but to a few little Skirmilhes ^ which did not ^ damage him much, nor profit them ; So that Jt, they fell very Ihort of what they had pro- mifed themfelves ^ for they were fully perlwa- ded that the Emperour of Japara would have ' foon been induced to purfue the King of Ban- . tam^ with the utmoft vigour ^ elpecially, when there was fo great a motive ' to fpur him on, as the rejoyning of that Kingdom to his Empire, from which it had been divided. The Illand of Great Java, of which 1 have already made mention, Eaft* Indies. mention, did likewile belong to him once, and altogether made but one Empire, under the Do- minion of the Great Mataran^ but now it is di- vided *into three Kingdoms, to wit, Japara^ 'Qan- tarn and Jacatra^ or Kartiri j of which ( i. e. Ja- catra ) the prefent ~Qatavia is a part, and did here- tofore belong to the King of Jacatra^, from whom •the ~Portugueezes took it. After that, the Spa- niards got it from them : And laftly the Batch ftom the Spaniards, Now the Dutch, having all this while made fe- veral Attempts upon the King of Jacatra, which had proved very advantageous to them ^ they at . length fubdued him .* Having firft made the Em- perour of Japara unable to refift them, or to ftand up in the defence of his Neighbour j over whom they carried a total ViQory a little before I came to Batavia. And having all this while received frefli fupplies yearly from Holland , which, together with Germany, enjoyed a pro- found Peace, and therefore could, and did con- Ifantly furnifh them with large Recruits of choice good Soldiers : The Buth Eaft-lndia Company thought they might be able to cope with Ban- tam, and accordingly made preparations againft it. Now while thefe things were in agitation, and they big with the defign and hopes of infallible fuccels, the faireft opportunity, that could be wifti’d for, offered it felf to them unexpe8:ed, gnd therefore fo much the more welcome, which was a fudden falling out between the old, and the two young Kings of Bantam. The occafion whereof was this : The old King being weary with the Burden of the Government, and defirous E 3 to 54 Mr. Fryke’r Voyage to fpend his remaining days in eale and tran- quility, made over his Kingdom to his younger Son 5 the eldeft having dedicated himfelf to a fpiritual life, was a Ba?7gerang Babay^ fomething like anArchbifhop with us^ and having thus in- vefted his younger Son with the Regal Power, he retired to an Old Caftle called DortjaJJe^ the I old place of his refidence, about four Miles from Bantam. The young King having Reigned feme years, his People began to grow weary of him, Ipecially the Nobles, the Boiirgerang and Kirria • and they made their Complaints to the old King, that he opprelfed his Subjefts ^ and that he over- burden’d them with his Recreations, and his con- ftant Hunting-, and by his requiring fo much At- tendance and Service to be done him ^ fo that they were no longer able to bear the Yoke. He did not Govern as other Heathen Rings ufe for the moft part to do, but after the Model he had taken from the European Countries-, fome of which he had been in, as Confiantinople^ and would have gone to Vrance., England, Spain and Portugal, if his Law had permitted him ^ and as far as that had given him leave he had Travelled, viz. in Mufeovy, Schiras, Ifpahan-, Japan, Siam -, from which leveral places he had taken thole Methods of Government , which he thought moft convenient to introduce into his own Dominions. But his Subjefts being diflatif- hed with thefe Innovations, confpired at laft together, and Depoled him -, and fet his Brother the Bangarang Babay in his Read. Upon this the Old King came with a confi- derable Retinue, and his Main Guard, before the . Caftle 5, io the Eaft-lndies. 5 5 Caftle; which is in the middle of The young King, having notice, of this, commanded the Gates to be fhut againfi: him, and fent to know what he wanted. The old King fent him an Anfwer, which did not pleafe him : Upon which, without more ado, lie gives Orders to Fire the Great Guns from the Caflle upon the City, and particularly, that fome of them fhould play upon his Fathers Quarters ^ againft which fixteen Pieces of Demi-Cannon were planted, which were fired briskly upon him by his po- litive Orders, and fome of them too by his own hand. Being thus fatisfied, that his Fathers Intentions were to Depole him, he wholly forgot all Du- ty, and lent him word by one of his Concu- bines, that he did not reckon himfelf now bound to him in any Bond of Duty and that he would pay him no other Homage, but Powder and Ball, which he would not Ipare, for he had enough of it, and that Ihould be at his fer- vice. Befides the Melfage that had made him fo delperate, he relied much upon the ftrength of the Caftle, which was very well fortified with very good Walls, lined with Earth, like thofe of ^atavia^ and very -ftrong Baftions upon them, befides very large Canals round them , with Draw-Bridges. Neither did he want Provifions or Ammunitions j and the Baftions were provided with very good heavy Cannon. But the num- ber of his Men was not above three hundred ^ yet with them he had refolved to Band it out to the laB. So that his Garrifon was not D con- fiderable as his Court, which, as it chiefly con- fifls of Women, according to the general Cu- ftom of Heathen Priilces ; lb he had of them E ^ no 5 6 iWV. Fryke/ Voyage no left than one thoufand two hundred that were his Concubines. With this continual Firing, the City was mi- ferably fhatter’d, and lookt like a Wilderneft j for every Man had got away that could, and all the Englifh and Danes, together with the Nobi- lity, and the moft confiderable Inhabitants, went over to the old King. And having formed a con- iiderable Body, they went and befieged the Caftle ^ raifed feveral Batteries, and planted their heft Cannon upon them ^ and then fired briskly in their turn upon the Caftle. Notwithftanding all thefe preparations, the young King remained undaunt- ed, and only applied himfelf to get fupplies and fupport abroad ^ and by Advice of two DutcK men, who were of his Party, and who had for- merly run away from 'S,atavi(i^ to flielter them- felves from Jullice, he fefolves to fend to the Company of Y>atav 'ia^ for Alhftance. One of thefe Dutch-men was appointed for the Negotiation ^ and immediately was let down from the Wall of the Caftle j and having pafs’d the Canals in a little Boat, that ufed to lye there, he came to the Enemies Army, thro’ which he was unavoidably to paft ^ but he being very ready in the Javan and Malleijh Languages, having'been fifteen years in thofe , Countries, and having been Circumcifed at his Abjuration of the Chriftian Religion, he eafily pafs’d thro’ all difficulties, and- came to the General at Batavia ^ and by word of mouth, without any further Credentials, delivered his Meffage to him in the young King’s name. This was an opportunity which the Dutch had long .wilh’d for j ,fo that the Melfenger needed no great Rhetoiick or Art to induce dtem to take to the Eaft-Indies. 5 7 it by the forelock. But immediately Orders were difpatched •, and the Forces had' their Ren- dezvous appointed. I my felf had Orders to attend the Major General St. Martini’s own per- fon *, ana was in the whole Expedition, fo that I may juftly fpeak of the matter, and be the more particular in the relation of it. ' The Major General above mentioned , com- manded the whole Fleet ^ and one Captain Har- zing of Cajfel had the whole command of the Land-Forces. Both fet out at one time, as I laid before j the one march’d out ftraight upon Dangerang. The fleet went direftly to Bantam. Captain Hart zing was forced firlt to Attack Dangerang •, by which means he reckon’d he fhould have drawn off the old King and his Army from Bantayn •, but found himlelf very much miC taken : For the place made fuch a vigorous Re- liftance, that it appeared they neither wanted ne- celfary Afliftance, nor Courage. We loft there a great many of our beft Men, infomuch that we found " our lelves forced to Intrench , left they Ihould have routed us quite j fo we made our Lines of Approach, which we fortified with as good Pallilado’s as we could, and fo fecured our ' felves, that the Enemy could not come at us, In the mean while we continued our Approaches with all the diligence that might be, till we came within Musket-ftiot of the Fort. There we made ule of a cover’d way, with which we came up clofe to the Enemies works , and in Tome meafure within them : And having finifti- ed our Mines, we fet them on fire, with a refo- lution. 58 _ Mr. Fryke / Foyage iution, that as foon as they fhould blow up to any purpole, we would aflault them. One of our Mines made a breach that three or four Waggons might ftand abreaft in. Upon which it was order’d we fliould immediately enter : And To we did, butib with much ado, that we had reafon to fear, we muft have retired •, but after a little refinance, they feeing us pour in fo thick upon them, took their heels, and mort of them threw down their Arms. All this while we pur- fued them, and made the moft heavy flaughter amongn them that ever any Hifiory can (hew. For, the Gates of their Callle, or rather their Doors being lb little, that one could not go un- der them without nooping ^ they were all forced, almon, to creep thro’ them one by one ^ and as they were all in a clufier, and unarm’d, to the number of near five thoufand, we fired continually upon them, fo that they lay like heaps of Stones one on another, which made the -moft difmal fight in the World : And to prevent the Air being infeUed with them, we made our Blacks to carry them ofiP, and throw them in the River Dim- gerang. Having gotten this Bolt, we fortified our felves in the beft manner we could -, for we were fure that we fhould not enjoy our reft there long-, and that we were to be upon our Guard. ' In this fix weeks time that we had befieged this place, we had loft a great many Men, and a great many were fallen fick by reafon of the bad Water, which had much of the taft of Salt-peter initj which made Captain Hart zing at a ftand, whether we fhould go on or not. At laft he thought it beft for us to flay there, till we could heat to the Eaft-Indies. hear of the.fafe Arrival and Landing of , our Fleet before Bantam^ which we did in a few days after. Major General St. Martini being come before 'Bantam with twenty ftout Men of War, each of which carried between four and five hundred Men, befides a hundred Fire-fhips, Tenders, t>c. gave Orders for their Landing about two a Clock the next Morning ; But firft he took a general Review of the Men, and a Gill of Brandy was given to every one of the Soldiers j and after that fix and thirty of the luftieft Soldiers were provided with a good quantity of Powder , and fome hundreds of Sea men were let out with Pole-Axes, or Hatchets, and eight or nine Hand- Granado's to each Man ; all which were to Land with the Army. We lay within Cannot lhot of the Town, and we could both hear, and fee, the old King, who kept continually firing upon the Caftle and he had raifed his Batteries above the tops of the houles that were in the City, fo that the Enemy might lee us with eafe •, fo they immediately prepared to prevent our Landing, and for that purpole order’d the Main Body to march to the Sea lhore •, and there raifed Batteries to hinder our coming any nearer. In the mean while it was not a little fatisfafHon to the young King, to fee our Fleet fo near at hand, as well as to hear of our Forces by Land. And befides, it gave him fome time to take breath, and freed him from the danger he was in continually of a Storm, for the Walls being almoft all down. But now the Enemy could not go on with that Defign, having enough to do to look after us. They took moft care of a certain place,, where they thought we defighed to Land, as indeed we did; But in the night ... time 6o Mr, FrykeV J{oyage time we weighed Anchor, with all the ftilnels that might be, and faild on about a League higher^ and drawing as near to the Shore as we could pof- fibly, we let fall our Anchors again. Our Cannon on Board was all loaden, and all things were or- der’d lb, that where-ever we Landed, we might fire them upon the Enemy, and upon the City. The Tenders, and other fmall Veffels were all Mann’d immediately for Landing •, Lome with a hundred Men, fome more, fome lels ^ all which went with all fpeed to. Shore. The Enemy ha- ving notice of this, were ready as foon as we, but had not time to raife any Batteries there againft us, or to fortifie themfelves ^ for ’ere the day begun to peep, we had got all things ready for our Land- fngl Major General St. Martini.^ with his Life-guard, which confifted of fixty Men, and the Surgeons, came into my Schappon^ and flood ready to give Order for the Signal, by Drums and Trumpets, for the whole Body of our Army to Land all toge- ther ; But the Enemy made a very vigorous Defence*, and being advantageoully Polled in a Wood that 5vas there, they charged iis aftej lb terrible a manner, that what with their Fire,’ and what with our Great Guns, that played ^ll this while crofs- wife upon the City, there was heed of more than ordinary Courage to Band it out : Befides that, we all this while being Bill up to the kn?es in Water, had a very great difad vantage. In this condition we Charged thern for three hours, and could not come to Land all that while ^ at laB five of our Companies were quite routed, and of the twelve Surgeons that we brought with us, there were but five left *, and we that did re- main, were not able to do any great feats, by rea- fon that we all this while Bood in the Water. When we law that we could not get any ground, we r io the Ealt-Indiesi 6c we got fome fmall VelTels, which fetch’d us fome Haubitzes, (which is a kind of Field-Piece to load with fmall Shot,) with which we rattled fo upon the Javans, that we obliged them to give ground enough for us to get on upon dry Land j and at laft we forced them to quit the Wood, and to to retire to their Breaft-woiks ^ fo we remained Mafters of the Field that night : And the next morning at break of day, we marched to Attack them ill their Intrenghments. The Major General, confidering that the Dutch Companies were mightily weakned, commanded Captain Jocbem^ who led the Blacks, to march in the Front •, and he fell upon them ftraightway with admirable Courage and Conduft. The Ma- jor General behaved himfelf like a true Soldier, and gave fuch tokens of his Invincible Valour, Wile Condufl, and Indefatigable Diligence, as can- not be well delcribed. And tho’ he had the mif for- tune to have two of his Fingers Ihot olF from his right hand, as he was Riding to and fro to give Orders, he could hardly, afford himfelf time to have his hand drefi: ^ and I had no fooner done, but he ftraight mounted again. The bell: of this Engagement was, that moft of the Enemies Bullets flew over .our heads. But I found that they did not all of them take the fame courle, and was a little lurprized, when talking with the Sergeant of our Company, and jeering them for not being good Marks-men, a BuL let came and laid him dead at my foot. In the mean while our Men made but little on’t : And the Captain was not able to do any thing more, than juft to keep his ground againft the Enemy. Wherefore the Major General, ha- ving given fome new Orders, and briskly encou- raged the Soldiers, by telling them, that the beat- ing the Enemy out of that place, would be the chief 6z ' Mr. Fryke’j Voyage ' chief part of their work, and the liire fore-runner of a total ViSlory , promifing to the three ; f firft that fhould break into the Enemies Camp, e an hundred Gilders, two Slaves, and a Pipe of i Sack for a Reward ^ and having by fuch like Speeches and Promiles, infuled, as it were, neW' Spirits into them, he took upon him the Ma- nagement of the Front himlelf’ and drawing out Captain Bleutner and Captain Winkler\ Compa- ; nies, together with fome others, he led them in : Perfon •, fell upon the Enemy with fuch fury, that we foon carried the day ; for he had lb animated ' the Soldiers, tlat every Man was worth two. , Our Men being now come too near to ule their Muskets, took, their Cutlaces in one hand, and their Hand-Granado’s in the other ^ and when the Blacks faw the Dutch drive fo hard upon the Enemy, they took fuch heart too, that with their Sword and Buckler they poured in upon the Ene- my, and drove all before them: So that the Slaughter we made of the King’s Army in this 1 place, was nothing lels than that of Danger ang. i The Enemy was wholly put to flight, and left moft of their Arms behind them. And we ha- ving gained that Poll, the Admirable gave Orders that the Ships fhould no longer ' Fire upon the City, left we our felves might receive fome of their Shot amongft us. All this while we pufti’d on forward to their Pallifado’s,and came to the Fort which they called Speelmck^ wnere we found a great many of the King’s Men ^ but yet 'moft of our Officers found that we fhould quickly become Mafters of it. We lent for lome heavy Cannon from our Ships, and batter’d it down in a very little time. The Sea- men forced open the Gate with Hammers and Axes, and fo enter’d, throwing ofiG:i'anado’s : But all the Javans being fled, we became Mafters of it, with- out any further oppofition. This to the Eaft-Indies. This lerved onr purpole mighty well, and fa- yed us the trouble of any further Entrenchments, except a few Gaps th#t we made up with Wood, which our Blacks cut down and brought to us. Here we took a little breath, and refted that night, and the following day;, and a portion of Bilcuit, Sack, and Brandy, was distributed to each Soldier in the Army. After this fine Refrefhmerit, the Army was put into a new Order, and the Right and Left Wings formed anew, and provided with Field-Pieces, loaden with fmall Shot. Then we march’d againlf the Enemy, who lookt at firft as if they were able to have eaten us all up for a Break- faft, they being above thirty thoufand of them. But our Officers were not in the leaft difmayed at their numbers, but very couragioufly Attack’d them on the two fides of ’em •, yet taking fuch mea- fures,that we could joyn together again at any time. I muft own, I never expeHed the Dutch fliould have elcaped a total overthrow, confidering the vaft dilproportion of Men j and while I was in this contemplation, on a fudden the Javans fallied out upon us with fuch a terrible and horrid Out- cry, as their Cuftom is, that one would have thought it had been a Hurricane, rather than a Bo- dy of Men : But for all that our Men flood their ground bravely, and gave Fire continually upon them. We had fo order’d our Army, that behind each Rank of Mufquetiers we had a Rank ofPikes,leflthey fhould break in upon us ; And all the while we played fo thick upon them, with ten or twelve Field-Pieces, that they fell like Bees before us. Our other Wing oblerved the fame Order ^ and we at laft joyned together again in- to a Body. Flaving fuftained this for near 3 hours they fent foms of their Mitck Speelers amongft us, which are a fort of giddy, refblute Fellows, that are ready to be hired upon any kind of Exploit, 64 Mi\ Fryke’j P^oyage Exploit, how rafh and milchievous foever it be j be it to ftabb a Man for any private Affront, or any thing elfe of that kind*: And the more fa- mous Cut-throats they be, the more they value themfelves on their Reputation of being fuch. Before they go upon any fuch fort of undertaking, they eat of a fort of Herb which they call iluw/?, which for a time makes them giddy, and alto- gether unfenfible of any danger^ fb that they are as fool-hardy, as they are dangerous. They rnfht in upon us with an incredible Fury, and be- ing incapable of confuking their own lafety, they came running head-long againft our Men, and fpitted themfelves upon our Pikes, and' defiroyed themfelves without doing us any hurt. And in a little time after, having killed feveral thoufands of the King's Party, we utterly routed them, and made them leave_all their Arms behind them. Up- on which we fell from fighting to plundering. After this, the Major General went, accompa- nied with his Life-guard, and others, to the Caftle, where the young King was •, who imme- diately upon his approacn, opened the Gates, came to meet him, and with all the humble acknow- ledgment fell down at his feet, and afterward em- braced him, with a’l the deraointfadon of a grate- ful and fincere r.Aedion. Before this, trie /-idmiral had given Orders for the Array to Encamp all round the Caftle, and the Gunners to be ready in their Pofts with the Artillery, which confilfed of above three hundred Pieces of Cannon. Alter this the Array having had 3 days reft, and all the reiidhraent that might be, was oraer’d to march into the City, and there they had the chief Pofts in, their hands, as the Boom^ the Spcel-wick^ and other Baftions, and the reft were quartered in to the Eaft-Indies. 6^ in the Englifh, Danifh, and French Quarters- Some were order’d like wile to keep Garrilbn in the CafHe lb that all places of conlequence were fufficiently fecured, in order to make the whole our own, when time Ihould ferve a little more commodioufly. Here I received Orders to repair to the Hof pital , where I had five Surgeons under me. But there being fo many lick and wounded, that we could not well look after them -, the bell part of them we fent to Batavia. The old King, after this Overthrow, retired with his fhatrer’d Army, to his Fort Dorjajj'g^ where having made ready fome hundreds of Prawen, and fmall VelTels, he refolved to be re- venged on us: And having the conveniency ofthe two Rivers , Dorjajfe and Bantam , which run from that Fort into the Sea •, he Mann’d them- in order to go as far as Batavia.^ and to do us Ibme milchief, which accordingly he did. For being come into the Road of 'they fet fire on fome of our Ships ^ and either kill’d the Men, or took them Prifoners, and went on Shore on tire little Ifland call’d Onruji^ and made lad Havock of the few Inhabitants that were there. To prevent their doing any further mifchief, fome of the largeft of our Men of War were ftraight got ready, belides a confiderable number ' of Prawen, and fmall VelTels ^ all which were as well Mann’d as we could wilh : And with thefe we went in fearch of the Javians. In this Expedition I was made Captain of the Ship call’d the Europa ; which had eight hundred Men and three Surgeons ^ and one Captain De Ruiter commanded the whole Fleet. We llraight , put to Sea, and with our whole Fleet we made direfUy to Bantam.^ and Dorjajfe , the two Ri- vers, which I told you, lay fo conveniently for f the 66 Mu FrykeV the Javians to run in and out] at 5 and there we lay, to cut off their Pals, when-ever they Ihould attempt to come in there for Ihelter. Being come there, one half of the Fleet was order’d to Bay there, and the other half of which number I was, went in fearch of the Enemy. The next morning, as we were come about the Illand call’d the Toppers HoadiepvQ faw them about a League off of us, with more than a hiftidred Prawen, ^c. cruifing to and fro. Our Admiral De Ruyter judged himfelf ftrong enough to En- gage them •, lb having call’d a Council, it was relolved to fall upon them. Upon this a Gill of Brandy, (the bell thing in the World to in- fpire Courage into a Dutch man) was given to eve- ry one of them : And we were divided into two parts, with Inftruflions, that upon the Sig- nal given, we Ihould fall upon them all toge- ther. All that day we lay Hill but on the Evening we did fo furround our Enemy, that they had no way left them by the next Morn- ing, but to fight their way thro’ us, or elfe be forced to IhSlter themfelves on a little Illand call’d Schlepfe j but that being not above a League in compafs, and belides, fo barren, that it would not afford them any Provilion or Relief ^ they were neceflitated to Attack us ^ and indeed they were not long refolving upon it, having four times at leall the number of Men that we had. They Hood to the Windward off us ^ fo that ha- ving that advantage too over us, they came ve- ry briskly upon us with twenty Prawen well Mann’d, and with forty Double Haekken, hoping with them to lay fall hold of our greatell Ships fiiH, and fo to board them, and then the Imaller would ealily be dilpatched. The Admiral all this while did not let us fire one Shot, and had to the Eaft-Indiea order’d a kind of Breaft-works to -be got read^ upon the Deck by the Main Maft , and under Deck in the Fore-caftle. Our Prawen and Imall Veflels kept behind us, ready to fall upon the Ene- my, when ever he fhould Attack us. We had planted fome of thole Haubitze?? I made mention of before, behipd thole Breaft-works, which we had made, which were to pour fmall Shot upon them ^ and there were Men ready befides thefe with their Granado’s, Fire-Pikes, ^ c. to give them a welcome at their entrance. ■ All this while the Javians continually fired upon us, but did little Execution ; And being come up dole to us, they fcaled us, and in an inftant our large Ships were filled with Javans, who upon their Boarding of us, let up fuch a Huzza^ or rather an Out-cry af- ter their manner, that it made the Air to tremble. But we ftraightway falling to our -works, opened our Breaft-v»/orks, and fired our fmall Shot upon them, together with our Granado’s fo that ne- ver were Men deftroyed after that rate. Thole that were ftill coming up, and thofe that were in the Prawen, we fwept down like a Iwarm of Bees, with our Fire-Pikes, and other Fire-arms, and Hand-Granado’s, into the Sea all that remain- ed begun then to provide for running off. But our Prawen and light Veflels followed them fo clofe, that they killed infinite numbers of them, and took up fome that were fallen into the Sea, and made them Prilonersj who we immediately hang’d up altogether upon the faid Ifland. The Sea all about us was pure Blood, and we were all in a Cloud of Smoke, tho’ we had not fired one Great Gun. There was no left than two hundred and fixty of the Enemy lay dead Aboard my Ship the Europa. The dead and wounded we threw one with another over-board ^ which cauled -a bitter Out-cry among thofe who were yet fenlible, F 2 or Mr, Fryke’i Voysge or but nightly wounded. After this great Vi^o- ry our Ships came all together again, and upon a Review, we found out lofs to be two Mafters of Ships, feven Steers-men, eight Officers, and about three hundred and eighty private Soldiers, and fe- ven hundred of our Blacks. We loft two Ships, the ViSor and the Ameland^ befides eighteen Prawen, three Galliots, and leven Fire-Ships ^ all which were burnt. But of the Enemies Ships, which were a hundred and twenty in number, there did not one Angle one efcapey their Men were computed to have been 24000. to the Eaft- Indies. 6j / CHAP. V. 7he Fleet comes together again^ and falls upon the Javians at Sea. 7he Author is order d to Bantam, to tak§ care of the woundedy that Toere fent thither. Ihe Council refohes to purfue the yavians. their Malice and inve- terate Hatred againfi the Dutch^ Several Skirmifhes with them, the Expedition of the Hutch from Bantam againfi Dorjafle, which was the old Kings refidence, A Bloody Fight mantaind by the Hutch againfi the yaviansy with a great lofs of the former. Some J avian Nobles fent to defire a Peace, which was re- fufed. The Garrtfon of Dorjafle fet fire on Dorjafle and fly. the Dutch plunder what was left of it. the Author difcovers a very confiderable treafure buried under ground, but receives little advantage from it. the Admiral s Expedition in purfuit of the Ene~ my, where he meets with an unlucky accident, HAving put our lelves into a pretty good polture again, our Men had all the Refrelh- ment that could be, with great plenty of Brandy, Sack, Bifcuit, and fuch like. The next thing we did, was to difpatch a Ship to Batavia, to carry the news of our Victory to the General. After this we went to joyn the reft of our Fleet again. The Javians all this while made le- veral offers to come out of the River DorjaJJe : F 5 But, 70 _ Mr.-Ffyke’j Voyage But, our Fleet lying juft' in the mouth of it, they could not attempt it with fafety ^ but were forced to make their way out at fome other fmall Rivers ^ lb that fome of them came in light of us ^ but we no fooner made towards them, but they retired. Yet were we obliged to keep Cruifing between that place and Batavia^ to prevent their doing any mifchief. So that there was continually Ibme little Skirmifh with them •, but never any Engage- ment worth fpeaking of. In a matter of two months, the greateft part of our Ships, and the beft of our Men, were fent again to Bantam^ the reft of ’em kept ftill Cruifing before DorjaJJe. - Being come to Bantam^ under the Com- mand of Captain Jochem^ the Men were put on Shore, and Quarter’d amongft the others that were in the Fort. It fell to my fhare to be of the number too. So I took my Lodging in the Chineefen Straet^ where I was very commodiouf- Jy feared for my bufinefs. There were alfo two Alfiftants with me, and three Under-Surgeons, who were Lodged in their leveral Quarters, for the better looking after their Patients. Thole Were obliged to come' to me ever and anon to give me an account of thofe they had under their hands, and to fetch the Remedies, which were all in my cuftody , and to take my direUions. Only thofe other neceffaries, as Linnen for Plaifters, Arack, Sack, Salad Oyl, and fuch like, were to be fetched from the Steward, who had them in keep- ing-, but they were never delivered without I lent an efpecial Order -under my hand. The number of our Sick and Wounded was great, and that of the former increalcd, by realbn otthe Flux, which was very lief among them : And fotne were feized with a Lamenefs in all their Limbs , fo that we- had enough to keep us in employment.- All this while ' we were making all preparations •; ism. to the Eaft-lndies. 7 r for carrying on the War with htmoft vigouri both by Sea, and Land : ' But we wanted Men j wherefore we were forced to ftay till our Recruits came from Batavia. We had an elpecial Eye upon the Royal Fort Borjaffe ^ for we law very well that we laboured in vain, while that Rood ^ and we had realbn to think, that if we did but once ferret them out of their llrong hold, we Ihould not find it difficult to give them a total Overthrow. I muft confels , that befides the pleafure I had out of a publick love for my Country, to lee them in a fair way of<^ overcoming their Ene- mies, and enlarging their Territories : I had alfo a fecret fatisfaftion to fee that they were the Ja- vians that were the Objeft of our Conquefls ^ they being the moft faithlels, treacherous and bale of all the Indians. They are fit for all man- ner of milchief ^ but never fit to be employed in any a£lion thafs noble or generous. In Ihort, they are skill’d in nothing, but in cheating, filch- ing, and all manner of knavery. I have often found it to my coll , but that which was moft notorious, tho’ of no great moment, was the trick they put upon me at my firft coming, which was this. When our Ship was juft arrived from Eu- rope, fome of thefe Javians came to meet us, as it is their ufual manner to come and meet all Ships, that are newly come in, to welcome them, and to fell them fruits, frelh meat, and other refrelh- ments. I, who was very much fatigued with my long Voyage, and quite tired with our Salt Provifions , was not long a fixing upon fome of their things ^ and amongft others, I was lb fet upon fome flhe frelh Filh, that they had brought with them, that I was refolved I would have it at any rate. Fe Their 68 Mr. Fryke i Voyage I Their way is to Truck for fbme of our Com’ | modides-, fo I agreed to what they ask’d me for the Fifh, which was fome Nails, Thread and | Tobacco-Pipes ^ which I immediately fetch’d for I ’em, and gave to the Javian, who was then bufie I about fomething that others had bought likewife. I I was fo pleal'ed with the thoughts of the rare " Feaft I was to have, and withal in fuch hafte to i be at it, that I could not ftay any longer •, but | bidding the Fellow leave my Fifh, with any of | our Men, I ran down in the mean while into the ^ Cook’s Room, to get me fome Water hung on ready, and I think never went lb chearfully about any bufinels in my life. But no fooner had I turned my back, but the Dog pufh’d off his Boat, ' and went off with my Difh of Fifh, and left me j to Dine on my Water ; and I muft confefs, that from that time I could never have a hearty love for one of the Nati6n. It was a fort of a fatif fa£Hon to me, that in three or four days after we j were Landed, I had an opportunity to be revenged ' on a Javian, which I never let flip, for his fake, I when ever it offer’d it lelf. They are generally | very great lovers of Shooting, tho’ they are foftu- | pid, as never to underhand it as they mould do ; And as I was one day Shooting at a Mark, one of them comes up to me, and wanted mightily to have a Shoot. I told him he fliould : So I fhot, and loaded again with a double Charge of Powder, and a vaft deal of Paper, which I took care to ram down as hard as ever I was able, and then offer’d it him : He very joyfully recei- ved it, and 'yvent to fire it: But the Piece recoil- ed fo furiouflj^ and gave him fuch a knock on the fhoulder, that down fell my Booby, and could hardly ftir his Arm for a fortnight, or three weeks after if. . . \ - But ■ /o Eaft-Indies. , But to return to our purpofe, all our Affairs . were in a very good pofture at Bantam : And there was a very good underflanding between the young King, and our Major General St. Martin, ■ But the Javans were ever and anon upon us in fmall Bodies, and came quite up to our Rampiers : So that we had many Skirmifhes with them •, but fo inconfiderable, that they were not worth the ipeaking of. One would admire how quickly our Recruits were made at 'Batavia •, for in a few months we had again a confiderable Army, on foot, and they had got together Men from all parts of the Indies.^ which were all lent to us with fpeed. And as foon as they were got together, it was refolved to go direftly againft the Royal Fort of Dor- jajje. Our Major General St. Martin left Captain Do Ruyter to Command Rant am., in his abfence, and himfelf went ftraightway with fome of the beft Ships thither •, and in fome days after lent Orders for the reft of the Fleet, and moft of the Men to follow him, leaving only what was neceffary in Rant am for the fecurity of the Place, which had little to fear from the Enemy without, and lels to rufpe£l: from the young King within, who had but a very inconfiderable number of Men of his own with him. So three thoufand Men were order’d to be imbark’d, and of that Squadron I was, and had that time the Command of the Ship call’d the Middleburgh. When we had joyned the Major General, we made together a very fine Fleet •, and indeed fuch a one, as hod never been feen before in thofe parts of the World, For we had there fifty two fine large Men of War, beiides fome hundreds of Prawen Fire-^tips, Tenders, fmall Boats, Ma- jor General SK Martin, foon jdter thefe were C = N all !«7,4 Fryke X Foyage all come together, went back to Batavia i, and we continued our way under the Command of the General and Admiral , whole name was Tac^. As foon as we came to call Anchor before Dorjajfe^ the Javians got together in prodigious numbers to the Sea Shore, and covered the ground for feveral Miles, which was all level from the Sea to the Fort, and all Fields of Rice. Juft by the Shore were feveral Sconces at fome. diftance from each other : Some big, fome little, but all vaftly ftrong, being all made with a double Row of Trunks of Coco-Trees, that were fet very deep into the ground, and the Ipace fill’d up with Earth tam’d down ve- ry hard. The fpace between each of thefe Scon- ces, was all Ditches and Rampiers, with Palli- fado’s. The Sconces were fo broad, that two or three Waggons might drive ibreaft upon them. In the middle of them within, were the dwellings for the Soldiers : Some of them were built up Iquare, and fiat at top ^ for the Sol- diers to ftand there and fight. From all thele places the Javians were continually firing upon us, but to little purpole, becaufe we were Dr enough out at Sea ^ yet were we near enough to hear them make many hideous Out-crys, and to lee their Troops hurry from one place to another. In the mean time we made all ready to Land. Admiral Tack going all the while from one Ship to another, to give Orders to the feveral Captains. Which done, we went to Prayers, and then the ufual portions of Brandy, Sack, 65"^. were diftributed with ftriO; Injun£tions to be all ready. Prefently after they brought us fome Schappons or Vontons^ whid^ is a fiat fort to the Eaft-Indies. Boat like a Horle-Ferry-Boat . 75^ of Boat like a Horle-Ferry-Boat, which were fenced with a kind of Breaft-work ^ and four Pieces for Small Shot to each, and to thefe, Gun- ners a fufficient number, with fome Sea-men, with Hand-Granado’s. Then went in the Soldiers. After this manner we kept our Eafier^ which was now come, but was none of the merrieft for us. The third day after Eafier^ we unladed feven large Ships, and funk them in the place where Ve had a mind to Land at : And upon them we raifed Batteries, upon which ,we planted above forty- heavy Pieces of Cannon, to flielter us when we Landed, and to annoy the Enemy and their Sconces. The next day after, about two of the Clock in the Morning, the Signal being given, we all in general left the Ships j upon which I went down into the Boat with the other Surgeons, ■which were above leventy in number, upon our Veflel, which was attended always by two or three Imall Boats, that were ready in cafe of any wounded, that they might carry them off to any place, and upon ever fo fhallow a Water. All this while we kept a hideous Shooting with our great Cannon, which was all we fired ^ under the Ihelter of which we drew all the while flill nearer and nearer to Land, froin whence the Ene- my kept firing very hotly upon us. When we came to have no more than knee-deep of Water, we got out^ and then our Gunners played the more fieely from their Schappons, upon the Ene- my, and the Sea-men could then make the better ule of their Hand-lhells. In this manner we Charged for above two -hours, and' loft a great many of our Men- : Their Sconces lying fo high, that they had a great command of ns'*, and we on the other fide could hardly reach them. Seeing that we could make but How prcn 70 Mr, Fryke i Voyage grefs this way, the Council of War met and re* iolved to fall upon their Works altogether. Upon this the Front marched forward direUly towards the Enemy, and the Sea-men fucceeded in our place, landing, and taking polTeflion of the ground, which the Army occupied before. We carried fome of their Forts by Storm in a few hours time, tho’ with the lofs of^ a great many of our Men. As foon as the Javians faw that they had loft Ibme of their Holds, they let fire in moft of the others, and betook themlelves to their heels, but did not quite run away from us neither j for they kept moving in the Rice-fields on the fides of us, with a refolution to charge us all in a Body. We had yet a very confiderable Army, tho’ nothing in comparifon to theirs *, but we having by this time got together our Artillery, and planted it very advantagioufly , we were ready for ’em. The Admiral gave Orders we Ihould play upon them with our Artillery , without intermiffion, which we did. The Armies being now come in reach of each other, the Javians fell upon us with thegreateft fury imaginable ^ the manner of which I could not lee, being then in the midft of our Men •, but I heard their ufual Out cry at their fal- ling on. Our Army opened it felf to the right, and left -, and then our Artillery, which was ready for ’em, was all at once difcharged upon them, which made a hideous Slaughter amongft them. After which our Men clofed in again, while it was charging again : Our Front moving always with movable Pallilado’s before them, which was a very great defence to our Men, and enabled them to keep their Order the better. All this while, tho’ thoufands of their Men dropt, they would not give ground an Inch, nor did 10 Eaft-Indies. did we. And the day was now lb far lpent,that we were both forced to give over j yet were we whol- ly fet upon purfuing the Stroke, and hoped that the night Ihould prove rather more commodious and fuccefsful, than the day had done. As foon as the night drew on, we begun to play upon them with our Mortars, and fent liich a quantity of Bombs among them, and at the fame time fell on one of their Wings fo furioufly, that we gain’d ground j and pouring our Shot fo thick upon them, we put them into fuch a confternation, that they were not able to defend themfelves, fo that we thought of nothing more, but to prepare to purfue them ^ but they did not defign to put us to that trouble ; for we could hear fome of them in the front of their Army cry, Dida moit boggel ada orang Hollando ^ which is as much as to fay, I will fight no longer againft the Hollan- ders* This was made known to Admiral Tack^ and further confirmed by fome of the chief Offi- cers of the Enemies Army, which the Admiral had permitted to come to him, and were fent to parley, and to beg him to grant a Truce, or rather make a Peace. The Admiral durft not do any thing in this matter of his own accord j but was obliged to fend to the General at Batavia^ who fent him word again that he fhould be fure not to hearken to any Propofals of Peace. During this Sufpenfion of Arms, I converfed much with thofe Javian Deputies, and I found them -very inquifitive, and curious to know what our Army was compofed of ^ whether of real Men, or of Devils in humane fhapes : We told them, they were only Men, but brave Men, and moft Germans 5 and indeed they behaved themfelves with fuch inexpreffible Bravery, that it might have amazed a polite, and well-difciplin’d Nation, and much more might it do fo, with a Barbarous, and Heathenifh People, When y8 Mr. Fryke V Foyage When the Admiral had received his Anlwer i from the General at Batavia^ he told the De- * puties that the Dutch would not hear talk of a Peace, and fo fent them away ^ and bid them tell the old King, that they would now have as little regard for him, as he had formerly Ihewed for 1 Batavia. Upon which our Artillery was fired again, , and we charged them with greater fury than be- i fore ^ fo that we put their whole Army to flight, K which they took dIredUy towards Dorjajfe^ and there we put them all in confufion, totally routed them, and made a moft dreadful Slaughter a- mongft them. We did not purfue them as we might have done for we thought beft to keep together, and to continue in our Entrenchments, I ^ while we made all the preparations 'requifite for I ® a more efFeftual purfuit of ’em, and in order to Attack the faid Town o^DorjaJfe. fcl Here our Men relied three days, and had all the uliial Refrefhments ^ and in that time our Dead were buried. But in the third night, about | i twelve of the Clock, we faw the City of t)orjaffe | in a blaze, and heard the blowing up of fome of i their Building and Fortification, great pieces of Ba which fell into our Camp, which was half a Mile ' i from thence-, all which was very agreeable to fai our Admiral, and to our Army too, becaule it ■ k would have coll us a great many brave Men’s ! Lives, if we had been put to fighting for it. We lent immediately a Party towards* the place, to lee what they were doing there, and k in what condition they were. But when they Sk came near to the place, the old King withdrew * with all fpeed, and palTed over the River Dor- \w jaffe^ with all his remaining Forces ; and fled to ifli the Blawe Feperbergh^ which was about lour fe Leagues from thence-, fo that our Men found i to the Eaft-Indies. yp Dorjajfe quite empty, and the Coafts all clear. As foon as the Admiral had Advice of it, he march’d thither with the greateft part of the Army. We found nothing there^ but Houfes rui- nated •, moft of them ftill fmoaking, and no Inha- bitants, but a vaft parcel of Ducks and Hens, fly- ing about the Streets to leek a habitation j which our Soldiers were very glad to lee, and regaled themfelves bravely with. I went to take my Rounds in the City, and as I came near to a par- cel of Ducks, I fired amongft ’em, and fhot a good many of ’em, and the reft ran into a Houle there hard by : So I followed them with my Fufil in my hand, defigning to knock them down with the Butt end of it ^ But as foon as I came within the doors, I faw an old Woman fitting on a Bedftead with a naked Kriz in her hand. But Ihe feeing me come with a Gun in my hand, fell down dead for fear. Our Men found a great many Javians, that were hid in corners and holes, who could not flee away with the reft, being exceeding old, or otherwile dilabled. Our Soldiers were Quartered upon the Baftions. The Admiral took his Quarters in the middle of the City, in the Court of the Old Pa- lace, which before was the greateft place for Trade. The chief of my care was, to fee if I could not get fome Plunder, which, while I was looking for, about the Old Palace, I dilcovered a place in a dark Entry, which was not Paved firm, but the Stones only laid loole ^ and knowing it to be their cuftom to bury their Trealures in time of danger, I went to examine the place more narrowly, and made Ihift to dig down a matter of two foot ^ but finding nothing but a few Staefiens or Stiftiens, which were about a quarter of a Yard long, I grew weary y6 M>?. Fryke / Voyage weary of my work, not knowing the value of ’em. Thofe I got I gave away to a Free-man,who went privately among the Free men, and fold them for a Crown. As foon as ever I knew the worth of ’em, I went in all hafte to the place again, and got a pretty good parcel of them : But as ill luck would have it, ’ere I could carry them off, the Ad- miral, who was come to take a view of the Ru- ines of the Palace, came juft that way, and find- ing what it was, cngrolfed it to himfelf^ and fent for Men immediately to dig there ^ and there they found as many of them as filled eight Wag- gons, which were fold for 700000 Gilders : All which went into the Admiral’s Pocket. However he prefented me with a hundred Gilders for being the diicoverer. In the mean while, others got feveral good Booties, as Perfian Quilts,andPerfian & China Silks, with many other rich Furniture and coftly Gar- ments, that were left in the Palace. And I who had found the greaieft Booty, came off with the leaft fliare. By what I could fee of the ftrength of this place, it is certain the Javians wanted nothing but Courage to keep us out j for if that had not been wanting, they might have defied double our num- ber : For tho’ the Town was four or five Miles in compafs, yet there was but two Avenues into it, which was hardly wide enough for two Carts to go abreaft, the reft being all Moorifh grounds, where Rice grew, but where no Army could have come: And inftead of a Wall, the Town was fenced with a Line of Coco-Trees fet clofe to one another, and filled up with Earth ^ fo that our Cannon would never have been able to batter it down, or fo much as to make a breach in any part of it. The Buildings within were all built with ' /o Eaft- Indies. 8r with Bamboo-Canes, except the PalacCj and the Noble-Mens Houfes, which were of Stone. Upon the twenty eight Baftions of this place, we found three hundred and odd large heavy Pie- ces of Cannon, tho’ moft of ’em Iron •, but no Pow- der or Bullets ^ which gave us occafion to think, that thro’ forae carelefhefs the Magazine took fire, and fo fet fire on the whole Town, as indeed we found it true afterwards, by the account which fome of the Inhabitantss gave us. The Fortification of this place, was fo ftrong, that all the Canonading in the World could ne- ver make a breach in it ; for the outlide of it was all of Coco-Trees, fet as dole together as might be, and behind them was all Earth thrown up: , And it is impoffible for a Bullet to batter any of thole Trunks of Coco-Trees, being of lb Ipungy a nature, that a Bullet will Tick in them, and go no further. In this place was a high Hill call: up by the King’s Order, and a few Hurts built at top of it ^ from whence he ufed to go, and fpy ihe Army when it lay before Banta???^ and take a profpeH of the Fleet, the Country lying all level between thole two places- Two Rivers run thro’ the Town, the little, and great, Dorjajj'e ; which unite their Streams a little below the I'own, and make up a fine River. It runs thence thro’ the plealant Vales of the Blavoen Peper Bergh into the Sea, and divides the King- dom 1 b dropt. And thefe Diforders could not by any i o means be prevented, tho’ the Company had made ^ S it death for any one to be found with any of that ti Herb about him, in any part of the Eaji-Indies. - n There being now no more Aflion here, nor any , ( Novelty that this Place aftorded me, I was very k n defirous to be gone. But I found the only way to ; v attain my wifh, was to get fbrne Sea-Surgeon in .■ f the mind to exchange Places with me. Wherefore ^ t I waited impatiently for the coming in of any Ships v ( that were to go to Batavia : And in a little time ‘ i the Tidor, from Bali, came into the Road of i Bantam, i I to the Eaft-Indies. i n Bantam. She had no fooner caft Anchor, but I was with her to welcome her, and to feel the Pulfes of her Surgeons ^ but I found their Defigns were much the lame as mine, and they were all difpos’d H for a longer Courfe ^ fo 'that I found no hopes || there of luccefs ; But being told that they expe£l- ed another Ship in toward night, if the Wind did not crols ’em, wherein were four Mafter Surge- ons i my hopes quickly revived, and I refolved to ' Bay there that Night ^ in the Evening the Ship came in according to their expe£lation, and the next Morning early I went on board of it ^ and L after the ufual falutations, I applied my lelf to 0 the Mafter Surgeons, and freely declared to ’em my Intentions. One of ’em, a Gentleman of Delf^ iat firft; liked my Propofal, and after fome further difcourfe, was fully in the refolution of changing with me , which did not a little rejoyce me. The thing being thus agreed upon, he asked leave of the Captain, after having acquainted him with his defign *, and having got his leave, he came away with me to Shore My bulinefs now was to ha ve leave my felf, which indeed I had moved for at a diftance before, but not doubting of having leave given me when-ever I Ihould defire it, becaufe I had behaved my lelf well ^ and what made more yet on my fide, I had now and then greafed the Chief Surgeons Fift: : I deferr’d fpeaking for it direbUy, till I had met with one that would change with me. No fooner had I declared my Mind to the Chief Surgeon, but he gave me- an ample and ho- nourable Tejimonium to carry to the Governour, who with a Complement of Thanks, gave me a Pafs, and entred the other in my Place. So I took' my leave of ’em all ^ and having got my Cheft: and Hammock ready, I got me a-board my new Ship, called the Enckhuyfen^ it was laden with nothing but Rice, and had but twenty eight Seamen, i 1 1 Mk FrykeV i&yage Seamen, befides the Officers, and us four Matter^ Surgeons. I parted very chearfully ftom Bantam^ the only thing that I was loath to part with was, a little Summer-Houfe I had order’d to be made in the Garden of the Hofpital, which was very delight- ful. It was made of Bamboos, and fo contrive^ that I might have removed it very well 5 but be- ing I could not move that with it, which made it { fo extjream pleafant, I left the whole Handing for my Succeffor to enjoy, but not without grudging i it him heartily. The Top of it was cover’d very ! neatly with Fig-leaves, and the Sides were fweetly ' : fhaded with Pepper-planks, which hung like a 1 Vine over the Windows, and made it extreamly i agreeable. But now that I am fpeaking of this Pep- i per, it will not be amils to give you a defcription ] of its growth, &c. This part of Java is the moffc i i famous for it, and the great Blauwe Paper Bergh^ e which I have fo often mentioned, hath its denomi- a nation from it, and fignifies Blevo-Pepper-Moimtain^ \ it being full of it^ there the heft of all grows. ■ n Indeed Malabar^ Malacca and Sumatra do produce ' S vaft quantities of it too, but it is all white and ff long, like the Canary Pepper, and is not to com- tl pare with the Javian Pepper for goodnefs ^ and fe for that realbn hardly any but the latter is tranf ' fc ported into EuropCi fei They plant it at the bottom of other Trees, to w: which it clings in the nature of our Hops, and ge Winds round as that does, but higher. Its Leaf is , y like that of the Orange-Trees, but lefs, and of a more plealant Green, and tails pretty fharp if one to bites ’em. The Fruit grows much like Grapes, tli: tho’ ( every one knows ) much 1 mailer, and cloler • ic to one another. They are ever green till they dry, tii which is in November^ Oecemhcr and January^ at which time they gather ’em, and Ipread them upon il( Mats Mats in the Sun to dry ^ then they run ’em thro’ a Sieve, and pack ’em up ready tor the Merchants to take away. Now, tho’ Pepper is as plenty in as Stones in the Streets, and only lerves for Ballalt very ot- ten, and to pack up other Goods tite ^ and akho’ fometimes teveral whole Shiploads of it be thrown into the Sea, and many hundred thoufand pound weight of it burnt ^ yet dares no Man in the fer- vice of the Company take one fingle Corn of it, but every one is obliged to buy it of the Indians, who deal with the Company for it : And the fime rule is obfervable in relpeCf to other Spices. But now the Enckhuyfen lay ftili but one day,fo that the next morning after I had boarded her, we weighed Anchor and failed to Batavia^ with a half wind. It lies but fix Leagues from Bantam^ yet w^ere we feven days before we could reach it, for we were ever and anon forced to caft Anchor and w^eigh it again, which fatigued our Men mightily. Being now come before Batavia^ our Maker went immediately on Shore, and the next day our Ship was unlading. I went to Shore too with all Ipeed in a Chineefe Braw^ and went to wait upon the Head Surgeon there, one Mr. John Streckel- berger^ who was my old Acquaintance ^ but I found him now raifed to the highek pitch of Pre- ferment the Profefiion is capable of there, which was the place of Overfeer General over all the Sur- geons in the whole Indies, in the place of Dr. Kle- yer. • I told him upon what defign I had left Bantam to come to Batavia^ W'hich was in order to get me a Deputation to fome other part of India^ that I might travel farther kill. He feemed very ready at the firk, but afterwards he defired me to' come again in three or four days time. In the mean while I went to vifit all my old A.cquaintance in the Fort where I once lived, and I %o 1 14 Mr. Fryke’x Voyage to divert my ftlf with ’em. But unhappily I took out an old Gentleman with me, one day, to go to a fmall Illand hard by, where there were a great many Oylters ^ we had got a good many, but as we were coming back, it blew at fo exceffive a rate, that our Boat was turned over. The poor old Gentleman could not reach the Shore, meerly for want of flrength, and fo loft his Life within a hundred yards of the Land, but the old Chineefe and I came fafe to Shore, and the Boat was dri- ven quickly after us, fo that we took that up.. In- ftead of paying the Chineefe, I beat him foundly for being the main caufe of all this. And from that time I never faw him more 5 without doubt he run away for fear the Yifcael ftiould call him to an account for the death of my Companion. This was the fourth time, that God in his in- finite goodnefs delivered me out of that Element of Water, oncedn my own Country, once in Africa^ once in the River of Bantam, and this time at Batavia. It was now time to go and wait upon the Sur- geon-General, to know^hat was determined as to my affair. When I came there, I was furpriz’d TO find a Deputation to go and Board the Phoenix for Banda and Amhdina, for befides that it crofted my defign, which was to go to Japan ^ I knew that thole two Countries were the moft unhealth- ful of aU India. However, after a little paufe I refolved to go thither or any where, rather than to ftay there. So taking my Orders with me, 1 went aboard the Enckhuyjen, and told by Brother Sur- geons how I was ferv’d, who inltead of condoling with me, laught at me very heartily. I wcjs now to be gone in two days time ; fb I made hafte and provided my felf with Arac, Tobacco, and Long Pepper prejerved all which are found to be of greater ule in thofe unhealthy par ts, Eaft-lndies. iij parts than in any other ; And having made all other neceflary Provifion, I went on board the Phoenix. The next day we weighed Anchor, and failed fiom Batavia^ the wind A E. palled the S freights of Sunday^ and in three Weeks time we arrived before Banda,^ which is reckon’d to be three hun- dred Miles from Batavia. There fell nothing out worth any notice in ouf paflage thither, but that a poor Seaman was blown down by a Hidden puff of Wind from the Fore-JMaft upon the Anchor, which tore his very Guts out of his Belly. ‘ 2 CHAP, CHAP. VIII. Ihetr arrival to Banda. The Author falls very ill there, hovo recovered. Defcription of the growth of the Nutmeg and JMace. Depar- ture from thence for Amboina. An account of Clove-Trees and Cloves, Return to Bata- via. The Ifland Onruft, why fo called. A vaft quantity of Tortoifes there ; The manner of taking them . They are a mighty Food among ji them. How Sharks are taken, and j the life of that Fijh's Liver. A Foyage from Batavia to Ceylon. Columbo ^e Chief City there. The Stratagems which the Fortugueeze ufed in that Country to get foot- ing there. An account of the growth of Cin- namon there. TheRootF>oxvo\iQXiQ as good as Saffron- The manner of fijhing for Pearls there ; many Lives are lofi by diving after them. One Oyfter had near three hnndred \ Pearls in it. Mother of Pearl, what. De- i parture from Ceylon. Arrival at Batavia, | I where their Ship takes fire, Kaftizen and | Maftizen, what fort of People. A Voyage \ ^ from Batavia to Japan. Pafs by Formofa, j and come to Pangato in Japan. They are ^ forced to put away all their Bookj 5 the rea- ' \ fons why, > t AS foon as we were come into the Road of ai Bandt!.^ our Mailer went afhor-e •, my Legs j G which had been fweU’d for three or four days, E were now lb lore, that I could not ftir, elfe 1 1 would ' #0 EaftJndies. 117 would have gone with him with all my heart • but my Indifpofition augmenting, I was forced to be carried afliore. There my Swelling increafed, all upward, and my Belly was now fwell’d to the higheft degree that could be, ready to break : And in this condition I continued the fpace of three weeks, ( lb that I was left here very comfortlefs, for the Phoenix was obliged to be gone ) and after that the Diflemper feized me fo in all my Limbs, that I wholly loft theufe of them and during a quarter of a Year I could not bring my Finger to my Mouthy fo that truly I defpair’d of ever re- covering the ufe of my Limbs, ( altho’ I was not fick inwardly ) and therefore I often prayed to God to take me to himfelf I was carried every day to the Bagnio, where feveral other Patients with me were fet upon Seats, all in a ring, with Blankets wrapt round about us fo dole, that nothing but our Heads ftuck out^ there was a great Fire of each fide of us, which made the heat intolerable, and then we were held over the fteem of Ibme medicinal Flerbs, which were boyl’d for the purpofe ^ into which infufion they threw thirty or forty red hot Cannon Bullets, which raifed fuch a fteem, and made fuch a fmother, that not one in a hundred was able to bear it, but they were forced to be taken out, and carried away upon Quilts made for that purpofe. I was taken out thus in the beginning, but when I came to be ufed to it a little more, I bore it out bravely, and found it very helpful. So keeping to this for fome weeks, I recover'd apace, and then they begun to anoint my Feet with Oleum Terrdt^ and prelcribed me to drink frequently a fmall Glafs of Bitter Brandy, or Arac infuled in Bitter Herbs 5 by which method, with the help of God, I perfedly recover’d. After this I went to latisfie my curiofity, (which was the occafion of my coming ) and to fee the, I 3 Coun- 1 1 8 Mr* Fryke’j Voyage Country. But, I fhall decline giving any defcripti- on of it, becaulje it hath been done already fuffi- ciently by other^, efpecially by Johan Hugen Van Lin/chooien. Only I wil give you a fhort account of the Noble Fruit which this Ifland is famous for, viz. the Nutmeg and Mace, which the Inha- bitants, whether Dutch, or Freemen, or Slaves, are obliged to deliver yearly to the Governour, and is fent afterwards to tiollanj and other parts of Eu- rope.^ and to Verfia.^ and other places of India. The Tree on which the Nutmeg grows, is al- moft like the Pear-tree, but doth not Ipread fo much, and its Leaf is fomewhat rounder. The Fruit is much like a Peach in bignefs and looks, of an extraordinary fine tafle, and delicate fmell, when it is ripe : On the out-fide is a thick hard Shell, like the Bark of a Tree, over which the Flower grows. When the Nut begins to be ripe, it fwells fo much, that the firft Shell burfts open. The Flower is of fine Red, and very agreeable to look on, efpecially when the Tree is pretty full of Fruit. Sometimes the Mace comes off of it felf^ and when it Iticks to the Fruit, they gather all to- gether ; and in the drying of the Nutmeg, the Mace drys and falls off, and changes its lively Red into that brown Yellow,which we find it hath here in Europe. The whole Fruit is very proper to pie- ' ferve, and is an excellent Confite. While I was at Banda.^ a couple of Fellows were executed for having killed their Mother j the death they were put to was very terrible-, they were faflen’d upon a W'oodenCrofs,and their Limbs were bioke with an Iron Bar, and there they were left to expire. After I had fpent three Months here, in pretty good health, the Ship called the America came to Banda ^ fo that having now the opportunity of compleating my Voyage, which my ficknefs pre- ventsd to the Eaft-Indies. up vented me to do with the Phoenix , I embraced it readily, and went in her for Amboina. I was glad to leave that unhealthy Country ^ and tho’ I had, and fliall ever carry with me fevere tokens of the Plague of that Country, I was glad to come off *fo well as I did. In four days time we came before Amboina^ where our Ship was ftraight loaden with Cloves. I went there on fhore to look about me j and while the Ship was lading, I had time to exa- mine how they grew, and what I could not be an Eye-witnels of, I had from my old Friend the Serjeant, whom I made mention of before, from whom I got thole Bottles of Oyl of Cloves, which coft me lb much care and trouble, and at the laft I was forced to drop them into the Sea. The Clove-Tree is much like the Laurel-Tree, the Bloflorh is White at firfl, then it turns Green, and after that Red. While it is green it fmells fo rine and fweet, that nothing can be compared to it. Thefe grow mighty dofe to one another, and many of 'em together, all within the Blof fom •, when they are ripe they gather ’em, and dry them ^ then they are of a orown Yellow. Thofe Cloves which they do not gather, as not being ripe, hang on till the year following ^ and thofe they call then Moeder Nagelen^ i. e. Mother Cloves. Where thefe Trees grow, there grows no kind of Grafs, or any green thing nigh -, their nature being fuch, that they draw all the moifture about them to themfelves, and fo do the Cloves likewife, as I have often feen my felf, that a Tub of Water be- ing fet in a Ware-houfe that had ftore of Cloves laid up in it, after they were pickt and cleans’d, in three or four days time the Water would be all gone out of the Tub. The fmell of ’em is fo ftrong, that fome People have been fuftocated with it when they have been bufie with too great quan- tities of ’em, and in too dole a place. I 4 ' Out 120 Mr. FrykeV P''oyage Oar Ship having taken in all her Lading, we left this place, and made dire£Hy for Batavia^ and ar- rived there happily in a Fortnights time ^ where our Ship was immediately unladen, and all the Cloves put aboard the Weft-Yriezland^ in order to go for Holland Here an Order was fent me to change my Ship, and go in the Old Europe^ the fame Ship that brought me from the Cape to the Indies. I went with her to the liland Onrufi^ which is a place fit for careening of Ships ^ where (he was to be fitted up, being very old. The Ifland hath its name very juftly, Onrujl^ fignifying no reft^ by reafon of the continual dillurbance, which the Sea cauies to the Inhabitants, who are only Carpenters, Smiths, and other fuch Artificers for Shipping. For the Ifland being very low, and the Sea Ebbing and Flowing every two hours, at very uncertain heights, gives the Inhabitants no refl or fecurity ; And every new and full Moon, the Sea drives ’em up a vafl way • but fo unfixt are its Bounds, that they are forced to be continually upon their Guard : Which be- fides the great labour, and great quantity of work that lies upon their hands, makes it- truly very reftlefs for them. There were two Mafter-Surgeons befides me be- longing to the fame Ship, and we had all our Pati- ents afhore; The only paftime we could have, was catching of Tortoifes, of which there are vaft num- bers there. When it is fair, and the Sun fhines bright, they come out of the Water, and lie ip the hot Sand. So when they were all very quiet and fettled, we came upon them of a fudden witfi Sticks and Iron Bars, and turned them upon their Backs,, as faft as we could, for then they cannot f|ir. When we had done catching ’em fo, we took tlicin out of their fhells, and put them in Pickle, and kept them in Barrels or Pots, with Salt and EaMndies. 12 1 Vineger. This was our daily Food, and very good, but Ibme of ’em are far better than other Ibme. The biggeft we caught was more than three Men could compafs, and a loaded Wagon might fafely have gone over it without breaking it. Behdes thefe, there are allb a great many Sharks, ' which do much mifchief ^ of which I gave you an inftance before in the poor Chineefe, that was • diving for Iron, and was devoured by ’em. There is much fiihing for ’em. And the manner of catch- ' ing them is, by baiting feveral very large ftrong I Hooks, with the whole Liver of fome other Fifh, which the Sharks will not fail to fwallow Hook : and all, being extream greedy, and fo they are taken. The Tail is all that is eaten of this Filb, ■ and that is not very palatable neither ^ but the ; whole is eaten fometimes -by Seamen, in cafe of ;■ necelfity, for want of other meat : But its Liver is / very ufeful for many things in Surgery, i.. Our Ship- being now thoroughly refitted, we re- '*f turned to our old Anchoring Place at Batavia • ; ' where we found a Ship newly come from Holland^ » that had not yet call all her Anchors. I took in li all. haft a Chineefe Bravo^ and went on board of ; her to fee if I could not meet with any old Ac- ... quaintance there, and to hear fome News from ' our Country : And there I heard the firft account of Stransbourgh being taken by the French, which was a very great lurprize to us. As loon as our Ship had taken in all Neeella- ries here, Ihe was ordered to fail for Ceylon^ at which I was mighty joyful, and accordingly I recrui- ted my felf with Provifions, and went on board : Then we left Batavia w’ith the firft fair Wind, and j in five Weeks time we happily arrived before Co- lumho^ which is the Chief City of the Dutch^in Ceylon. It is one of the moft commodious Ports jjf any in the Indies, where Ships may lie fafemany years, 122. Mr.VvykQsVoyage years, and come in at will, with the Sea*wind,( and run out when they pleafe, with a Land-voindl Yet there are a great many Rocks there,but they arei only dangerous to Strangers ^ tor which realbn,when ' a Ship comes thither, that hath never been there before, Ihe is obliged to fire three Guns ^ whereas if he is acquainted with the place, he need fire but one. This is Ifraight anfwer’d by a Gun from a Watch-Tower, that is on one of the higheft Rocks, about two miles diftance from the City, where there is always a Pilot, and his Men ready,! who as foon as they Ipy a Ship coming, dilplay a Flag in token that they mult come no further, and then they go and bring the Ship in. At the Mouth of the Haven lies a Fort or Caltle, called T Swart^ i. e. the Black Fort. It was firft built by the Portugueze, but under a Ipe- cious pretence of building a thing of a very dif- ferent nature. For when the King of Candy ^ who could at that time have prevented their work, fent to know what they were about ; they told him they were only building a Play-houfe, and under that colour carried on their work, and pro- vided it with large pieces of Cannon, which they brought to Shore in great Hoglheads •, and fo be- came able to maintain themfelves there. I do not defign to enter upon a defcription of this Ifland, becaufe it hath been done very par- ticularly by others, and elpecially by Chr. Schwit- zer^ whofe Relation is now publifhed with mine, to which I. refer you. While our Ship was lading with Cinnamon, and leveral other Rich Commodities, I went on Shore raoft of the time •, where I took my diet at a Freemans Houle, where I had it extream good, and well ordered, and for a very fmall price. The to the Eaft-Indies. 1 1 ^ The great Commodity of this Ifland is Cinna- mon, which is the Bark of a Tree, much ot the bignefs of an Olive-Tree ^ the Leaves are much like the Laurel, but fomewhat fmaller ^ the Flower it bears is white, and the Fruit is like the Black Olives of Portugal. The Tree hath two Barks, the Cinnamon is the inner one of them, which is peeled oft the Tree, and cut in fquare pieces ^ then laid in the Sun to dry, which makes it rowl up together, as we fee it in Euroj?e^ and changes its colour, which is at firft near upon Afh-colour, into what we find it of here. When the Trees are peeled in this manner, they are let alone for three years, in which time they have regained their Coats as before. The Trees grow wild, without planting and cultivating, and make a fort of Coppice of themfelves-, and re- quire no other hand than that of Nature to make them beneficial to Man. There is befides this, a fort of Cinnamon, that grows in Malabar^ and is called Canella de Maitr^ but it is a baftard kind, and nothing near fo good. None of the Spices, neither the Cinnamon I have been Ipeaking of, nor the Cloves, Mace, Nut- megs, Saffron , Ef c. may be carried away by' any private Perfon upon pain of death : And it hath coft fome Men their Lives for attempting to bring - them oyer; as I faw an inftance of one who had got a fmall parcel of Borrobone^ in order to take with him home, and was executed for the fa£f. Borrobone is a Root growing in great plenty in Java^ and is made ule of inftead of Saffron by all the Inhabitants ; and it hath all theVertues of the beft Oriental Saffron ; it is cut and dried, and looks like Ginger. The other Great and Rich Commodity of this Place is Pearls, which they fifh for after this man- ner. The Company hath fome thoufands of Di- vers X24 Mr. V'[y\ie's Voyage vers for that purpofe, which are divided into fb marjy Companies, and to each of them there is an Overfeer. Thele Men are all divided, many to| 511 each Boat, and fo they go to the Oyfter Banks ; i j( where ftripping themfelves, every one of them tie| j lii a fmall Basket round their middle : Then they bindj a piece of a certain Root they have, that is very! hollow, and of an Oyly fubftance before their! Mouths, Jb that it refifts the water a good while, and gives them Ibme time to breath. In this (in manner you (hall fee ’em all go down with wonder-^; ful quicknefs to the very bottom j where they fill| their little Baskets with Oyfters, then come up! ( again as nimbly as may be j and when they have a good quantity of ’em, they carry them to Shore,! where they l^y ’em out in the Sun ^ there they ? open of themfelves, and in them are found fome-il h times many Pearls, Ibmetimes none at all. | ! Some of thefe Divers, more skilful than the reft, will, without the help of thofe Roots, keep ! under water almoft as long as they that u(e them. | When their days work is over, they come to-| ! Shore all together in good order, delivering faith- j fully all the Pearls they have got to the Officers ' that are appointed by the Company, which finds all thefe Men with Provifions, and other NecefiTa- 1 ties, and allows fome of them pretty good Sala- . ries befides. In the whole fifhing Seafon it cannot be but, there muft happen feveral accidents, and that ma- ny Men lofe their Lives in the Sea among the * Rocks ; you hear almoft daily of fome fuch mif- ^ ibrtune, and every day gives fubjeO: of lamentati- on and complaint to (bme new-made Widow or Orphan. Yet notwithftanding all this, there is no ^ want of Men, ready to take to ferve in this dange- loiis employment, fome being forced into it by the Dutch, and others by their neceflities. The r to the Eaft-Indies. 125 The Oyfters in which the Pearls are found, are fine, white and fmooth •, I have known ’em find three hundred and odd of Pearls in one of ’em. When they have a mind to give them a fine co- lour, they take Rice, and beat it to dull: with Salt, and rub them with that, and it makes them as bright as Chriftal, and fo they will continue. There is another fort of Oyfter in Ceylon^ which is called by the Inhabitants Cbanga^ J)y us Mother j of Vearl •, this they polilh very fine, and make fine , ' drinking Cups of it. It is alfo of great ufe for ' many Ornaments, efpecially that which comes out of China^ Bengal^ Gammaron^ &C. as we ^ fee moft frequently on thofe pieces of work, that ' come from thence into thefe parts of Europe. There is likewife another manner of fifhing, which is more tedious, and therefore lels ufed. Yet 1 have feen it praftifed in a River that was thirty or forty Fathoms deep. Two Ships were laid alide of one another, at about eight, or ten yards diftance •, and a Beam being laid acrofs them, whereon there is a large Pully fix’d ^ they hang a large Bell thereon, in which the Man fits, ( upon a ‘ crofs Seat fix’d within the Bell)and fo the Bell is let down there is a little ringing Bell fixt upon the top of the Beam, and the Man hath a Cord with him faften’d to that, and to his Body ^ as foon as ' he finds the Air begins to fail him, he pulls that " little Bell, which is a token to the reft to pull him up j and when he hath clear’d that place, they move a little further, and fix there again till they have got all they can. Having fpent my time afhore, I went on board again, and then the other Mafter-Surgeon took his turn, and I went no more on Ihore, but only once, when my Comrade lent me word, that there was . an Elephant ofi the Governor’s was to (hew a great many Tricks, of which I have given you a relati- on before,. In jz6 Mr. Fryke j Voyage P In a matter of 6ve Weeks time, all our bufinelsl i being done in Ceylon^ we all got aboard, and fetj i > fail for Batavia again, where under the Almighty’si Proteftion we arrived fafe, after a kind Voyage of; three Weeks. But we were noiooner arrived, and j caft our Anchors, but we fell into an extream dan-i i ger. Our Butler, according to cufiom, and by the! l Skippers Order, went down to fetch fome Arack for the Seamen, and as he was drawing it out of the Bunghole, with a fort offmall Pump, which theyl had for that purpofe, either by a Snuff of the Candle, or by the Candle it felf, the Arack took} fire j and that fpreading like Lightning, fet the; ii whole on fire ; for the European Brandy doth not ¥ ■ burn near lo violently as Arack doth. All our Men « i were immediately at work to put it out, but all in ‘ i vain : It got a head after fo furious a raanner,that it 1 1 fet fire on the Ship it lelf, and it was not long e’re i that was all in a flame. We had then nothing more to do, but to look after our felves, and to endea- vour to fave our own lives j and it was a great mercy we could do that, for we could not fave the leaf! parcel of our Goods,nor one of our Chefts, i much lels any of the Company’s Goods. This was i a mighty lofs to the Company, who had abun- dance ot Cinnamon, and rich Cinnamon-Oyl oh board, all which helpt its own deftruflion, and in- creafed the tire ; For no fooner had we left the Ship our felves, but the fire took in the Powder- room, where there was lome Tuns of Powder, which blew up the Ship and tore it all to pieces, and threw lome of its Cannon above a quarter of a mile up into the Air. Thus, when w'e thought our felves fecure, and pafl: all danger , and plealed our lelves with the thoughts ot our luccels, we were all on a ludden mortified with this great ac- cident, and all our Joys deltroyed, with the utmoft peril of all our Lives. But God be praifed, that to the Eaft-Indies. 127 1 no Man got any harm, but every one of ’em were faved by means of a good number of Small Boats that were fent to our Relief The Butler, who had been the occalion of this, was feized by the Judge Advocate, and for ought I know, was forced to ferve the Company all his life long for no- thing. After this I had Orders fent me to go upon the Fort, called the Uollandia^ which is by the New Gate. There I had the^care of the Sick and Wound- I ed •, and was fet over a Young Man, whom I had ! formerly known at 'Danizick^ and was here mar- :| ried to a Daughter of one of xh^Kaftizen. : Thele Kaftizens are thofe that had a Dutch Fa- [ I 'ther, and an Indian Mother. When an European marries one of thefe Kajiizees^ and hath any Chil- dren by her, they are called Mafbzees ^ and thele I may wear the fame Garb that the Dutch tile. Of this latter fort, there are many thoufands in and about Batavia. ! , An Old Freeman, whom I uledto converfe with ) vftequently, and was very intimate with, undertook , once in friendlhip to advile me to marry one of thole i Mafiizins ^ who, as he told me, was worth above forty thoufand Gilders. This proffer did not much 1 dilpleafe me, but it was ah Old Woman, he told me, and the Widow of an European Officer, who ; had lerved the Company. Hearing of her Age, made me not fo eager to lee her as I was at firlf, , when he proffered to carry me to her. But the , very feeing of her difgufted me fo much from Ma- f trimony, and my Friend, that I never had a cha- : ritable thought of him ever after. I thought at 1 the firlf fight of her, that it was an Ape of the : larger fize, that had been the wonder and palfime of Mankind for fome hundred years : And asking [ him, whether he thought me fit for nothing [ but the procreation of Baboons, I left him in a ) mighty 128 Mr.Vryke'sFqyage ! mighty pafiion, and would not fo much as fpeak. ' a word more about the matter. When an European defigiis to marry any of thole ■ People, He and the Woman muft appear before the Prefident of the Council, and bring their Con- j traHs, ( which are to be drawn up and figned by a , Publick Notary ) to him, to have his confent to ^ the confummation of the Marriage ^ likewife a Me- : morial of the Goods of each of them mulf be i Ihewed him, and regiltred: And when they have obtained leave, the Wedding is generally kept about a fortnight after. Befides, that this baulk had turned my Stomach for fome time againft, Matrimony, I was not very much inclined to it, becaule a Man is obliged to fettle, and fpend his life in India. For I had a de- fign to be going further Hill j and by the means of fome Prefents, now and then, to obtain leave to go to Japan. For which purpofe having made fome dole applications, and ufed the means I mentioned juft now, I after fome time- had orders to get me ready to go thither, on board the Ship called the Afia.^ which was to go in a fortnight , to Yormoja.^ and from thence to Japan. So I went and provided my felf with all neceffaries for that Voyage, it being no Imall one. According to the Orders g'ven, wefet fail in the Name of God, onSt. day, with fo fair a South-wind., that by the next morning we were got three miles beyond the great Ifland /^/tr^7,and paffed by the Imall liland Carcufwg. The next day we law the famous Coaft of the Ifland Borneo., and leaving that on the right and Temabo., Tumbo/an and Ananibo on the left, we Iteerd our Courle between them, till we came into the open Sea of Paragoa •, where leaving China on the lett of us, we failed diredly upon n/ofa. But e’re we could reach it, we had very #0 Eaft-Indies. i2p bad weather for feme days, and were in extream danger i for befides that, the Sea it felf is one of the moft dangerous by realon of the many Rocks there; we went thro’ one of the dreadfullefts Storms that was almoft ever known ; infomuch that we loft both Bolt-Sprit, and Sprit-lail,and one other Sail. As We were drove to this extremity, our Mafter and Sreeriinan advifed together, whether they fhould not make what way they could to an Ifland that lay- on the right Hand,and within fight of us, to lee if by ! that means we might not fave the Men and Cargo. ; So it was agreed upon, that we ftiould make thi- ther with only our Mainfail, But the night com- I ing upon us, before we could come near it, we loft all hopes of lafety ; for the Tempeft increafed with the darknels of the night, and we were moft of us in defpair of our Lives, and for my part I never was . lefs fond of Travelling, than at that time. Yet my hope was, that as God had often preferved me from Eminent dangers before, lb he would not forlake mb then in this Condition •, Thus w^e Con- tinued till near Morning, when our Seamen concei- ved fome hopes of attaining to Land,and accordingly , by break of day, we difeovered the Ifland lAanilha within two Miles of us, and by the help of the Light we made fnift to weather the Gulf of M.a~ nilha^ which as foon as we were got into, we gave God Almighty thanks for his great Prefe^ation. Here we refitted our Ship as well as we could ex- pe£l, and got a^new and in Eight days time we fet Sail again with a fair wind Early in the morning, fo that by next day we left China on the left, and the next Morning were in fight of Cor- mofa^ whither we came on fafe, and call our An- chors before the Fort, called the Zealand. Our Mafter went alhore, and did all his bufinels •in a fortnights time-, duringwhichtimel was moft K upon Mr. Fryke’/ Voyage upon Land, but it being needlefs for me to give any Account of that place, which hath been fo Amply defcribed by others j I will wave it, and puri'ue our Journey. We let Sail again with a fair wind, and fail’d for Three days along the vaft Coaft of which we had Hill on the left of us, and when we came before Cucheu we call our Anchors, and lay Hill Two days there. And then continued our Courle, fo that the next day we palled by the Ifland of Chanquoijh^ and Steering between the Ifland of Yuego^ 8tc. We in few days came before the City of Nangato^ where we again returned God thanks, for having brought us thro’ that dangerous Voyage, Notwithftand- ing that our Ihip was fo tattered, and that we had loll 14 ofour Ivfcn-, and had 20 fick,among thole of us that were left. We were forced to leave our Chaplain behind us at Batavia^ for the Javians will not fuffer any Nation to bring any of their Teachers along with them into their Territorys. So that we were for- ced to make ufe of one of the gravell of our Con> y pany, who was Afligned to read Prayers daily in the Ship, and allbon as we came to caft our An- g chors, we had flri£l Orders given by the Mailer j to hide the Book very carefully, that had been ufed ,( in the Voyage j and to keep all other Religious 0, Books clofe out of fight, left we .Ihould go in ^ danger of our Lives, if they Ihould dilcover any of ’em about ns. ' | ■ fti CHAP. to the Eaft-lndies. 131 CHAP. IX. Hon> forreign Ships are recewed, andvijited in Japan. Women proffered to them for their ufe while they Stay. Some of the Japonnefes ex- ceeding Nimble at fhewing 'tricks. Strange •variety of Birds, in the Port of Nangato. A Ship takes Pire, by means of the Men drinking of Arack: Account of the Manners, Cujioms, Religion &c. of the Japonnefes. Departure from Nangato. Near being Shipwreck} a go- ing back. to Batavia, yet Arrive thither. De- parture thence again, to Malacca, and Achem, with an Account of thofe Inhabitants., and re- turn again to Batavia. TTTTE had fcarcely dropt our Anchors before \ V Nangato, but we had lome Japonneefes Boarding us with their Canows. They vifited our Ship from Top to Bottom, by Order of the Empe- ror •, and according to their Cuitom, fecured all our Sails, and all our Powder and Bullets; dif- mounted ourCannon,and took offfome of the Princi- pal Tackle of our Ship, and carried them on Shore with them. Thus they ferve all the Ships that come thither, and thus they had done to 3 or 4 Englilh and French Ships, that lay there; But every bit they take away is faithfully returned, when they are ready to go off again. Whenwehadbegur/to unlade, a parcel of Japon- neefes came to us to offer us fome Women, and asktus, if we would not have fome of ’em while K 2 we igx Mf.Vxy\^Qs Voyage we flay’d there : But no body hearkned to their Propofal but the Mafler, and the Book-keeper. The goods were unladen by the Japonneefes, of which a certain number is allotted to 'each Ship ; So that our Men had little or nothing to do. The Matter went on Shore, as foon as the Ship was come nearer to the Town, and lay’d up there : But he came back every day an Hour at leaft, or Two, before night : For all the while that we lay here, the Japonneeles held a continual Watch aboard all the Ships that were in the Port. I can- not undertake to give, you a large Account of Ja- pa/7^ becaufe it would require a larger Volume then I intend j nor do I think it neceflary, becaufe fo many have done it before me^ but what I obfer- ved niofl particularly amongft ’em, will, I hope, be fufficient to fatisfy the Readers Curiofity. When I came on Shore, the firft place I entred into,was a publick houfe,where they drunk Tea,and that very plentifully ^ having retted there a while with my Companions, we went to take a view of the Town j where we law abundance of Joyners, and Japanners Shops, let out with Wonderful vari- ety of rich and Exquifite work, as Scrutores Cahu nets 8z:c. inlay’d with lilver and gold, and mofi: admirably lackerd, all which made as fine a Show, as ever I faw. Some of thefe pieces of Work were valued at Ibme Thoulands of Gilders. In that kind of Work they out-do all Indians whatever, and indeed in all manner of Ingenuity and Cunning, infomuch that it was a Proverb among the Dutch, that //; from that time continued fair for us during the Ipace ! of 8 days, in which we palled by the Ifland Manilha^ then we came into a Wind, which was very trouble- fome to us ^ for it filled the Air with naRy RulF as thick as Snow, this Wind came over fome fmall lilands that lay 2 Miles on the South of us, which are called the St of Elyanden. When the Wind is pretty high, and fits in that corner, if a Ship goes too near them, it is almofl enough to Smother Men. But God be thanked we came fafe thro’ it, and with a favourable Wind came into the Sea ofP^r^- giia ^ we kept on our Courle to Borneo^ and from thence to Great Java^ whence we quickly reach’d Batavia ; which happily compleated our Voyage in 5 Months. Being Arrived, our Ship was unladen ; Our lick Men carried to the Hofpital, and I at the fame time went on Shore, and took all my Medicaments with me. to the Eaft-Indiesj 14J me, but we had not been here above a fortnight, but an ’opportunity oiferd it felf to me, either to go along with a fmall Fleet to the Straight of Sunda, or elfe with another which was to cruife between Malacca^^nd. Sumatra. I had my choice, and having declared my defire rather to go with the latter, I re- ceived my Commiffion. The reafon why thefe two fmall Squadrons were fent thither was, becaufe we were informed, that the French and Englijh being difguifed at the difturbance we had given them in Bantam^ were coming out againft us. After we had been fome Weeks a Cruifing there, now toward Sumatra.^ then towards Mallaca^ fome- time to the Ifland St. Maurice and Madagafcar.^ with- out Meeting with any either French or Englifti, Captain V anderBors:^\io w^as our Commadore or Ad- miral., refolved to go with the Fleet to Achem, and to lye ftill there, only he orderd that one Ship fhould be Cruifing about, and bring Intelligence, and the whole Squadron which confifted of 1 1 Ships Ihould take it by turns. While we lay here we had a moft dreadful Storm ■ for the Ipace of 6 whole days. The Sciam was caft away. Men and all, except a few of ’em. The ZealandYaVmg loft all her Anchors, was drove upon a Shelf, where (heftuck. We went in hafte to help her Men, and we did lave fome of ’em; But at laft the two long Boats which we had fent to their Relief being Tolled violently againft each other. Split in pieces, and all the Men in them were drowned, which were about 130. As for our Ship, we were forced to Swaddle it with a four double Cable Rope, left it Ihould have Split, by the violence of the Waves, and to keep conftantly Pumping, fix and fix at a time, changing Men every quarter of an hour. And whereas one Man ufed to fuffice at the helm, we were forced to have i 4* Fryke i Voyage have lo to keep our Anchors from twitting altoge- gether and breaking. The wortt of this was, that we were not far from Land, and we were jutt of the Windward of’m ; For we had been much fafer if we had been in open Sea. But that is fafe enough every where which God takes into his keeping, and it pleafed him at the end of 6 days to fend us a fine Calm again,wherefore we went immediately to Pray- ers,and gave God thanks that he had thus deliverd us. The next thing we did was to give the Men fome Refrefhment, one chief part of which is always a good portion of Arack^ and that being done we fent word to Batavia^h3it a poor condition we were in, to which we had for anlwer, that we might come away for Java again : For that two Ships were lately come thither from Uollandj^VvA^ had brought information, that there was no report there of any likely-hood of War, and that we needed not to fear it in thole Parts ; But only that England required fome Millions of Money from Holland Joi the dam- age the Englilh had luftained by their means in Ban- tam ^ and that in cafe the Dutch did not come to a Gompofition, a War would mott certainly follow. While we lay ttill before Achem^ I went often to Shore to reftelh my lelf with the excellent Fruits of that Country. TheReligion,Manners Cuttoms, Ef c. ofthat People are much the lame with the Javians. In a Village not far from thence, where none but Filher-men live, I faw Men that had one of their Leggs as big as mott Mens middles^ when they ufed to hold them up, it would Shade their whole Body from the Sun, and yet would thele Men run as fall: as Horfes. I fomethnes layd my hand on thole Leggs of theirs, and they felt juft like a Spunge. By that Village runs a very fair and plealant Ri- ver, which empties it felf into the Sea, near the pla«e where we lay at Anchor, along the lides of which to the Eaft-Indies^ 143 which are a great many ftrange Tree, which bear a Fruit they call Wild Ananas 3 times a year, when the Fruit is ripe it is extream pleafant. Our Fleet, which confifted now of no more than 9 Ships, fet fail ^oiBatavia^ where we Arrived ina fortnight : And found the other Fleet come three days feore us. I had changed my Ship, and was in Bufinefs in the Uollandia^ where I had a great deal of work, and moft of my patients Afflifted with fore Leggs. The Surgeon that did belong to it dyed in this Voyage, and I the rather chofe that Ship, becaufe it had already received Orders to go to the Ifle of Bali. Before it went off I went to Shore to take my leave of my old Acquaintance ; and there met with one that was lately come out of Europe, a Native oWlm, a place I was well acquainted with; and it being a day which was kept there as a Fefti- val, we kept it here allb amongft our felves, and diverted our felves very well : Among other news he brought over with him, the moft conliderable was, that the TurJks were beaten from before Vi- enna ; which did not a little contribute to our Joy and Satisfaction. CHAP. 144 Mr, Fryke j Voyage CHAP. X. T^eir departure and Arrival at Ball, Arromafed i by the Inhabitants which are Mortal^ they fell themfehes for Slaves their ftrange Idola- ? try, 'Women Burn themfehes with the Corps ? of their Husbands^ the Ijland Sufu Inhabited ^ hy Men-Eaters. Departure from Bali, and arrivel at Batavia. Obfervations on that : place, j Account of his Voyage to Surat, and return to Ba- tavia he leaves again to go ft) Bengal, Pe- 1 %^x and htacan, Rofes of Jencho* |i ' i! I IN two days time we let Sail with a fair Wind ; i ^ And the lame day before Sun-let we palled by I' the Bland Onruji^ then came between the Ifland ■ Toppers-hoedie^ and Bantam along Great Java into : S' open Sea : And in i8 days time we reached the : Bland Bali^ and call: our Anchors before the Capital , Town of the fame name. j In our former Voyage to Banda and Amhoina^ we j palled by this place and came within 8 Miles of it ^ But the Wind being then fo fair- for us, we would ^ not touch here, but made the heft of our way for- 1 ward : Otherwife we Ihould have called here of I Courle, as moft Ships do, to take in frefh Water, | and other Refrelhments. | Here we unladed our Ship, and exchanged the | ; I® Commodities for thofe of the Countrey: Which were | , 'b chiehy. Silk and Cotton wrought, moft of the Peo- 1 g® plejlj fspi ' to the Eaft-Indies. 14^ People here being employed in Spinning and Wea- ving. They are a very Strong fort of People, fomewhat Blacker than the generality of other Indians are. They ufe no other Weapon when they fight but Ar- rows, which they carry always about them in a kind of quiver. Thele Arrows are fo contrived, that when the Man- who is Wounded with ’em goes to draw them out, they break ^ befides that, they are fo Artificially Poyion’d, that it is prelent death without any Remedy. ; They permit themfelvesto be fold, to any Nati- on over all the Indies, for Slaves^ while I was there I bought a young Girl of a Merchant, for 18 Rix- I dollers, and took her with me to Batavia^ where I could make her earn me two Shillings or 1 8 Pence a -day. t They are exceeding Brutifh People, and the Simpleft of Heathens. Their God is what ever they firfl: call their Eye on in the Morning, fo that it is . ftill variable, fometimes a Cow, fometimesa Tree, fometimes a Dog, or a Bird, D” c. This they keep in veneration for all that day, and pray to it with • great earneftnefs upon all emergencies. They know nothing of Marrying amongft ’em. But as it is among Brutes, Men and Women are in ;; common to each other, which makes the Country very Populous. Yet each man hath always fome one whom he looks upon as a Principal Confort, and by the Cuftom of the Country fhe is obliged to fuch aTevere and Rigorous Ceremony upon the death of her Mate, as would very ill go down with thole who make a profeffion of more faithfulnefs i and a more Honourable obfervance of their more fo- ■ lemn Engagements : And I have leen them acquit i themfelves of it with the greatelf Refolution ima- ginable ^ I mean the Burning themfelves,when their reputed Husbands Corps is committed to the Flames, L The 146. Mr. Fryke / Voyage The manner of it is thus. When the Man is dead, they fow him up in a Cotton cloath, and car- ry him up to the Top of the Houfe, where they keep him four or five days ^ during which time the Woman hath time to prepare her felf, that is, to take her leave of her friends ^ and all the while fome old Women who are hired for that purpole, are fitting at the door, crying and howling. Then they dig a great hole near the River fide, which they fill with Wood, and having laid the Corps up- on it, they let fire to the Wood. The Woman all this while having taken her farewel of all her Rela- tions, and having got a whole bundle of prelents and recommendations to their friends in the other World, fhe binds up all her tokens together in a Cotton Cloath, and when the Fire is throughly lighted, fhe throws her lelf therein. Thele tokens are different according to the Con- dition, Inclination, or degree of Relation of the Perfon they fend to-, as one Man fhall lend his Wife Money, the other Flowers, the other fome other fmall prefent, all which Ihe promiles to deliver faithfully. There Hands round the Fire leveral Per- fons with their Inftruments of Copper and other Metals, on which they make fuch a horrid noile, that there is no hearing of the Womans Shreeks, be- fides there are Men ready with VelTels of Oyl to pour into the Fire to make it Burn more vehement- ly, that fhe may the fooner be out of her pain. When they are thus confirmed to afhes, they are taken up very clean and thrown into the River with another confort of howling and crying. I know there hath been leveral Accounts of this givert by others after a different Manner,but what I have here given is as I have been an eye witnefs of it my lelf. Ijere grows fome of the fineft Fruits in the World, and in great plenty, lo that I eat my fill of ’em. Thefe Fruits are a Refrefhment of no fmall value to an /(? Eaft'lndies. 147 an European, and it makes him have a much great" er efteem for thofe remote and Barbarous Ifles, and it is very often the only thing for which one wouid value them j it is as obfervable, that the more Bar- barous the Country is, the more it excels in choice and delicate Fruits, as this place may well ferve for an examrle, and all rhe Ifles thereabouts, which are Inhabited by the mofl Brutifh fort of Men. And fome of ’em by Men who devour one another, and make a feaft of their Viffory as at lyes here hard by, and likewife in the Country of the Hot- tentots near the Cape ojiGood hope. I have often wifht for fome of them fince I parted with them, and that they had agreed more with our Climate, fo that we could have them in Europe. Our bufinefs being done, wedeft Bali ^ And quick- ly gained the Coft of Great Java^ from which Ba- li lyes but eight Leagues diftance j and in eight days Sail we arrived at Batavia again. We had all the way the fight of the Ifland we left, and fome- times could fee over it in a very clear day, it not being above fixteen Miles in compals. When we came to Shore I was very kindly rece-^ ved,and placed into the Hofpital at Batavia-^ there be- ing juft then a vacancy by the death of the chief Surgeon of that place, the Council was plealed to choofe me in his ftead,and to give me the care of it. Here I had five Mafters Surgeons under me, and my Station was every way much m.ore agreable than hi- therto ithadbeen^ but that which pleafed me the heft, was that I had both time, and opportunity to ferve God ^ and tho’ it was only the Reformed Re- ligion that was exercifed there, yet I took a great deal of Satisfa8:ion in going to ferve God with them, when their AlTemblys met ; which was three times a Week. But I could rather have wifhed there had been a Church of my own perlwafion ( which is the fime that Luther maintaind and profels’d ) for s48 Mr. Fryke/ Voya^ then I believe I fliould never have troubled my felf to have come back into Holland again,and I dare fay that thoufands more would willingly continue there, rather than undertake fuch dangerous Voyages to come back, if they could but have the free exer- cife of their Religion, as they have in Holland^ where all Religions are tolerated j and it was ever a wonder to me, that the fame liberty was not granted in Batavia^ which is as wifely and politi- cally govern’d as any City in the World, and keeps as good an order in all things, notwithftanding the great variety of its Inhabitants ^ having within it, befides the Natives of the feveral parts of the Indies, vaft numbers oiTurks^ Berfians^ Tartars^ Chineefes^ ^'lamers^ Mooj's^ Japoneefes^ Annemans^ A?'abi- ans^ &c. Yet is there no other Religion allowed, but that of the Reformed, and at their Aflembly-s are all the Soldiers obliged to be prefent, of what perfwafion foever they be, and forced to be there every Sunday by Turns, under the Eye of an Officer, and then they put their Shoes on, whereas they wear ’em but rarely otherwife. There are belides . the Church in the Caftle two other Churches, where they Preach in the Portu- gueeze and the Maleyjh Languages the firft for the conveniency of the Burghers, the other of the mixt Nations, who generally Ipeak that Language. Yet for all this liberty of Religion is not given, there are manyhundreds,who when their time is ex- pired,bind themfelves a freih rather than venture the danger of going home again ,tho’ they lay their Re- ligion afide for ever for’t. The frequent news of of Ships being caft away, and loofing one half of the Fleets, and fometimes the whole ones, increa- fes their fears daily. While I was at Batavia my felf, 1 fent a Letter to my Relations, by one who intended to pafs thro’ Ulnt^ where they lived : And to the Eaft-Indies; of this Fleet he went in, half was loft by the way, tho’ he got lafe home, and to my great furprize brought me an anlwer to it himfelf^ about two years after that : Juft as I was preparing to come into Holland my lelf, he told me he was come over again to end his days there, for he found that the Air of his Native Country would no more agree with him. While I was thus fettled here, I got very con- liderable praftice among the Free men, befides my fixt employment ^ and elpecially among the Chinee- fes, whom I found by much the moft generous fort of People and beft to deal with. It was common for them to give me three or four Rixdollars for letting of ’em Blood, and forty or fifty Gilders for curing the leaft Wound. But of all the Patients! ever had, I cannot but mention one, who for the od- nels of the Punifhment which was infiifted on his Adverlary, is well worth the Relating. I was once in a Chineefe’shoufe drinking ofTea, which is drunk in great quantitys there in Tea-hou- fes^ very good and very Cheap. On a fudden two Chineefes fell to high words, till at laft one of ’ena took a pot full of Boyling hot Water, and threw it all upon the other, and all Scalded his Face, and fome other parts. I took the Man home, and cu- red him in a few days, for which he gave me thirty Rixdollars ready Money and did me all the kind fervices he could, often inviting me to his houfe, and treating me very civilly. The other who had ufed him th us ba fely,was Condemned to have twelve of the longeft Hairs of his Beard pull’d out, or elfe to pay thirty Golden Cubans which is in value 300 Rixdollars (each being worth 10 Rixdollars, and the Golden Coyn of the Great MoguPs ) but thisChineefe being a Man of Subftance,chofe rather to pay the Money than to part with fo many precious hairs out of his Bea rd,and they are all of them fo fond Lj 'of I JO Mr 4 FrykeV Voyage of that Ornatnent, that it would have been as Rea- fonable to have ask him for twelve of his Teeth, Befides thiSjJie was obliged to defray all the charges my Patient had been at, and to Hand to all damages. There was all this while a fine Ship preparing for a Voyage to Surat I having a great defire to go that Voyage, becaufe it is lookt upon as very fafe, and hardly ever attended with bad Accidents, I ordered my affairs fo as to get leave to go : Upon which I Pent my things on Board the Gelderland^ for that was the name of the new Ship which I was to go in. On Eaflerday in the Morning, all things being ready, we fet Sail by break of day, and took our farewell with three Guns, but we reacht no further by night than the Ifland Onruji^ and for want of a Wind, were forced to lye (fill there four days. At laft we weighed our Anchors, having a finall gale of Wind, which carried us part the Ifle Sumatra And as we came by the Ifland Engano^ it ceafed and left us without a breath of Wind. Thus we left the Ship to run a drift, and our Men were all idle for three or four days, during which time we had Engano ftill in fight of us, for v/e moved but very flowly. In this while many of our Men took notice that one of our Souldiers ( for we had fourteen of them a Board befides Seamen ) a Venetian Named 'Nico- lao^ uled to be frequently with two Boys that be- long’d to the Ship, and thofe three would meet in private ever and anon. The Boat-Swain took a particular notice of *em, and watcht ’em narrowly 5 at laif he difcoverd the end of their Meeting, and Surprized them inthe AUofSodomy 1, Upon -which he went and informed the Matter of what had palled. Immediately after the Venetian, and both the Boys, one of about eighteen, the other about twelve year of age, were feized, and layd up in Chains, #0 Eaft-Indies. iji and upon Examination they all confefs’d that they had been guilty of that abominable Sin ever fince their departure from land the other Mafter Surgeon were then of the Council, and by them, we were orderd to vilit them, and we found it but too true, upon which the Sentence was pronounced againft all three of ’em, viz. that they Ihould be caft into the Sea, and accordingly early the next Morning after Prayers, the Venetian was brought forth : And one of the Boys tied to his right fide, and the other to his left,and in that Manner thrown in altogether, and were never more feen by us. The Boys were very penitent, and much affefled with their guilt,and Prayed with the Chaplain very heartily, and fhed Tears in abundance .• So that there were but few of us, that could refrain weep- ing at the fight of ’em. But the Venetian was not at all concerned-, and when he flood upon the Plank, ready to be thrown off, he begged for nothing but a draught of Ai-ack, The Mafler told him, he Ihould have drink enough in an Inflant, and defired him to confider of his latter end, and to provide for futuri- ty, but all Remonflrances were in vain to the lafl, and fo he was thrown over. There was another, who was fulpe£l:ed of the fame crime -, and upon Examination he confefs’d he had intended it, but never was guilty of the aO:, him the Council order’d to remain in Chains, and to be fet on Shore on the next Wild Ifland we Ihould come at, which was Ouro^ which was accordingly done^ when we Landed him there, we left him fom.e Water, Bisket and Tobacco to lerve him fome days, and a Gun-, he begged heartily that we would ra- ther take away his life ; But it was not granted. So we went forward with fo fair a gale of Wind, that we lofl fight of that Ifland before night. We paffed on between Ceylon., which we left on the right, and the Maldivy Iflands which lay on the L 4 left. 15* Mr. Fryke/ Voyage left, and Steering round the Coafts of Malabar, and Btfnagar, we carrie with good fpeed to Surat after five Weeks fail, where we caft Anchor. Our Ship was immediately unladen to make room for other goods : And our Merchants went on Shore to their apartment, which is always ready for "em here, as it is in all thofe places, where they have Faflories : And there they have all necelTary Ware- houfesj Apartments, Servants, ^c. fit to receive them when ever they come. lyes about 800 Leagues from Batavia, and belongs to the Emperour of Indofian, otherwile cal- led the Great Mogul, who calls himfelf Lord of all the Indies. It is remarkable and ftrange to obferve how the Seafonsof the Year are here divided, their .Winter on- ly ftiows it felfby its conftant Rains, for half a year in one part of the Country ^ during which time it Rains almoft daily more or lefs^ and while this fort of Winter lafts in one part, it is .Summer and fair in the other parts of the Countrey, fo that they have it by turns. The days and nights are always near equal, of twelve hours each, what difference there is, is not perceptible. All this while our Ship was taking her lading in apace, but it was not great, moft of it was Berfian Money j when Ihe had all in, we fet.Sail without delay with the firff fair Wind, and in fourteen days time we pafled again by the Coaft of Malabar now on the left. Thence we, fail’d about the Cape of Gomori, which lyes extended to the South, and after that, w'e came to Fuuto deGalle, which is very com- modious for . all the Ships that pals that way to take in any Refrefhments. There we took in frelh IVater ■ and other neceffarys. We found there an Liij’liih Ship, called the Sira, come from Bergal, vine I hound for Gamer on in the Terjian Sea. IVe laid four days he;c, before Fmto de Galle ; Il Eaft-lfndiesi ‘ And then the Wind blowing fair for us, we run out of the Haven, and paifed the next day by the ■Maldivy Iflands, of which it' is computed that they are above a thoufand in number, and in feven days s fail we came to the Ifland Oiiro^ where we had left the Souldier. We caft Anchor there, and lent out the long Boat vvith -fome Men to look after him, but they could not hear or fee ought of him : So we continued our Courfe towards Great Java. While we were in open Sea about loo Leagues o^StM-alacca^ we had during three Weeks time luch z Calm, that we thought we Ihould never have had I a breath of Wind more. So that ifi all that rime we did not get a League forwards, only the Sea Wind moved us a little to and fro, but did us no good. For, tho’ it ipay feem ftrange to thofe that are Ignorant of it, it oftentimes happens that the Main 5ea, efpecially that part of it, where no Bot- ! tom is to be found, is in a very great agitation, ! tho’ there be no Wind at all to be perceived : And ! I my felf have often feen in the llilleft Weather, i the Waves heap’d up on Hills, and fo furioufly I high, that no Storm can raife them higher, and of- ten times there is as great Danger, and as many Ships are there caft away •, elpecially thofe that are not well laden. During this Calm, wefuffer’d more than ever we could have done in the moft Terrible Tempeft, for we were under the Line, and the exceffive heat cau- led feveral tq fall Sick, and what was worfe ftill was,that we had made no great provilion of Water by reafon it was lookt upon to be but a Ihort Yoy^ age ^ So that with heat and thirft, we were all in danger jofbeingfuftocated. Our Water was nowfo far fpent, that a draught of it cold not be had un- der a couple of Rixdollars. At leaft it came to that pafs, that there was a neceffity of fetting two Csniinells to guard the Water-Caskj out of which 1 54 FrykeV Voyage they ufed to diftribute every man his portion, and to fet four Locks upon it. And when the Portions were given out in the Morning, it was not above one quarter of the me^fure that it ufed to be. In this miferable Condition I have been forced to ^ to give two dozen of my Silver Buttons off my Waft- coat, for one draught of Water, and to gnaw bits of Wood, hoping I might fuck fomemoifture out of it. In fhort, it put us all upon trying all the ways we could imagine to allay our exceflive drought; we had now but fix Barrels of Water left, and® we faw no profpeQ: of Relief, fo that many of us often wifti’d that our Ship would fink down right with us, we negleQed not to call upon God, and to lend up our Prayers to him conftantly thrice a day, that he would have Compaflion on us ; and as this was more becoming Chriftians than the ralh wilhes which our defolate Condition forced from Ibme, if not the greater part of us : So it was that undoubtedly which was moft Effectual, for our merciful God fent us a feafonable relief^ and furely becaule we cried unto him in our trouble, he delivered us out of our Diftrels. The Moon, which Ihined very bright,was all of a fudden a little over caft, and at length a Black Cloud came, which deprived us wholly of the fight of it, and gave us mighty hopes that we were go- ing to have fomeRain. This gave us all new life, and let us all at vvotk tolpreadout our Sails ready, faftening them by the four corners, with a Bullet in the Middle, to receive the Water; thus we ftay- ed between hope and fear for about three hours; at laft the weather grew very cool, and the Clouds gathering together, the Sky was all darkned, and luddenly the rain came pouring down upon us; But never were Men more heartily glad tobe wet to the skin. The firft Water that came thro’ the Sails was very bitter; fo we threw that away: and then we to the Eaft-Indies.s we fell to filling of our VelTels, which done, we hoyfted up our wet Sails, and run briskly before the Wind. One may Imagine what Joy it was to every one of us to have our miferable Condition brought to fuch an happy Endj nor did we tail to give due thanks to the great Author of it, who had to mer- cifully, heard us. With this VVind we were not long "ere we reach’d the Ifland of Engano^ lb that we after three Months Sailing palled the Streight of and arrived happily on the Road before tavia. The Matter and the Steward, who had been fo imprudent as not to provide the Ship with more Wa- ter, was called to an Account for it, and punilhed for their carelefnefs, and had a good round fine laid upon them, which was to be deduced out of their wages, by little and little till the whole was payd. This lame Ship being delign’d for Bengal^ Eegu and Aracan in a very little while, and fome of the goods being ready to load, I left all my things on ' Board, defigning to go that Voyage too. And ha- ving provided my felf with what Medicaments I wanted, in about a Months time we left Batavia^ and came in nine days before Begu^ where we caft Anchor. We had but very little bufinels there, lb that we flayed there but three days, and let Sail again, and came to Aracan ^ and thence went to Bengal^ which is but eight Leagues further. There we caft Anchor juft at the mouth of the River Chaor^ which mixes with the Ganges^ about a mile before it throws it felf into the Sea of Bengal About eight Leagues up that River, lyes Verma^ a Town of con- fiderable Trade : Some of our Merchants failed up to it j But I went not with ’em. About forty Miles from Bengal^ between the Ri- ver Ganges and Berfelis lyes a place, called Eoha- mh j whfts Aete ate whole fields of thofe Flow- - “ ' ' ' ' ' ers 1^6 My. Fryke*/ Voyage ers called Rofes of Jericho^ or the Role of Jerufa^ lem^ and the Lady’s Rofe. They are quite green ^ when you gather them, they clofe together ftraight and keep fo, while they are dry, and when you put them into Water, they open as at firli They are good for many ufes ^ but excellent for Women in La- bour, and facilitate the Biith, by being only put un- der the Woman. I could have had abundance of Tem for little value, of the Inhabitants. They fay the leed of thele was brought over by a King out of Syria ^ where they grow in abundance about Je- richo, I do not find they grow any where, but in thefe places I have mention’d^ they have endeavour- ed to Tranfport them into feveral places, efpecial- ly in Great Java : But they die and come to no- thing, the ground ought to be very full of nitre. As to what Relates to Vegu Aracan or Bengal,^ I will not undertake to give a delcription of either of the places, becaufe I did not flay there long, and befides they may be leen at large in Linfchooteri’s Travels, vvho hath been very particular in his ac- count of’em. to the Eaft-Indies: *57, C H A P XL Mafulipatam its Inhabitants call'd Jentives. Ac- count of the Climate. The Ifle of Nicoporas. Ay- rival at Batavia. Chinee fes fumptuous in their Burials. A pleafent quarrel between the Au- thor and one of his Fatientsjor which both were called to account and Bunijh'd. 7he Author goes to Bantam, gives an Account of the young Kings Retinue there, and of his return to Bata- via. And likewife of feveral Cujioms and Hu- mours of the Chinee fes, AFter our Ship had got in her Complement of Sugar, Salt-peter, and Opium, we fet Sail and went from Bengal lo Mafulipatam.^ belonging to the King of Golconda.^ whole Son keeps his refidence at Yentipolilfjm'g not far from thence. ^ The Inhabitants are moft of the Mahometan Re- ligion. The Air is very healthy one halfof the year, when the Northern winds blow conftant : But the Southern winds, which blow the other halfof the year, fill the Country with diltempers. We were there during this latter Seafon, and felt the difraaf. EfFeQs of it. We had already loll nine of our Men, and the reft were moft of ’em ill of Agues or Drop- lies. But blefted be God, I was not at ait indilpo- fed. The ill State we were in, made us make ail the hafte we could to be gone, and hoyfting Sail, we departed, and came in four days rime bctute the Iftand Nicoparas.^ here we failed in very great danger for all the Sea there abours is full of Kochs taac J5S Mr.^vyke's Voyage that lye three or four tarhoms under Water, and little fmallHlands,fome of which are almoft cover’d with Water. A little before we came by there, the Lw/?,a Ship of 470 Tun, run upon one of them, and was Split in pieces : But we paft them all fafe, and Steerd between Sumatra and Malacca^ and thus got to Batavia , where I return’d to my former poft. I ufed to go and vifitthe other Surgeons that had the care of fome fmall Forts about us, and when they had any Patients that were dangeroufly ill, and their cafe defperate •, they were ftnt to the Hofpi- tal at Batavia by vertue of a warrant from the Go- vernour, which they ufed to get for thatPurpofe. Near the Fort Jacatra^ where I ufed to go often, is a piece of ground which the Chineefes bought of the Dutch, and coft them abundance of Money, in which they bury their Corpfes : It was called the Chineele’s Church-yard. I remember there to have leen a Grave made for one of the Richer fort of ’em, that amounted to three or 4000 Gilders, nei- ther are they railed high, or coftly in the Ornaments they beftow on ’em, but only they dig them of fuch a vaft depth, and line the Grave from the very Bot- tom with fine fquare Stone cut for the purpofe, and fo ftrong is the Work, as well as neat, that it is as if they did defign never to move from thence. I omit the other particulars of their Ceremonies, 65’r. Becaule others have done it before me. All the way from that Fort to Batavia^ is fo plea- lant and diverting by reafon of the continual variety of fweet Walks, Curious Gardens that it is a perrefl earthly Paradife, and there is none comes to Batavia but goes to lee it, and is exceedingly Charm’d with the light of it. A plealant accident betell me there once. An Officer, who was at that time a Patient of mine, a loofe debauched Fellow, who followed no prefcrip- tions, Eaft-Indies. i5P nons,and therefore made all my remedies inefFe£lu- al to him, being at the head of a Company exercifing the Men, and having got I fuppofe a cup in his head, feeing me come towards him to be a Spectator a- mong the reft. Saluted me at firft fight after a kind of an infolent manner, and then gave me fome Scur- rilous Language, and told me, he thought I under- ftood my bufinefs but very indifferently, fince I kept him fo long under my hands. I told him he talkt like an Impertinent Fellow, and that all the means of the moft skilfull Surgeons in the World would be in vain to him, while he was always drunk and lived fuch an intemperate life, and obferved no rule. In ftiort, I told him that my Art was to cure Men, and not Beafts, and that he might leek a cmrs elfe- wherej this enraged him lb, being Ipoken at the head of his Company, that he came and ftruck at me with his Cane with all the eagernels that might be, but ’ere the blow fell upon me, I clofed in with him j and having no Weapon in my hand, I wrefted the Cane out of his, and flung him upon his back, as he was getting up again, the ftanders by parted us, and there was no mere heard of it for that time. This fpread about among all the ■ Officers, and the Account of it being little to his advantage, and giving fometimes occafion to fome to jeer him with his adventure, it made him ftark mad *, and let him upon thinking of revenge. I expefted it, and therefore avoided him, whenever I could han- fomely do it. But one day we chanced to meet in a Chineefes houfe, where we dined ^ nor did I fee any tokens of his Relentment all the while we fat together, fo that I was apt to think he defigned to pafs it by. But when he had drunk a little largely, and the ill humours were feta Floating, he begun to make little infolent Reflexions upon me, which turned i6o Mk Fryke/ Foyage turned at laft to down right abules. This did not. fuflnce, but he murt needs urge me to come out to him in the Street, and going our firft into it himfelf, with his drawn Sword in his hand, he vapourd and call’d me all the Cowards he could think of^ who durft not come out to meet him. I wore no Sword, as indeed none of our piofeflion did But I had a tuck Cane in my hand, which I uled to wear j but efpeciall y fince my firft quarrel with him : And be- ing forced to it, at length I came out to him, and with my unwildy weapon after fome pafles on both lides, 1 Oruck him into the left fide, but glancing agaiiift his ribs, 1 juft larded hin, and that was all^ but he keeping his ground, I made another pafs at him, and fortunately run him into the Shoulder, and difarm’d him-, upon which he was carried into the Chineeles houfe. Aflbon as this was made known at Bat^via^ we were both of us taken and brought bound into Bata- via^ and there had before the Judge Advocate,who, having examined us and our Evidences, paflTed Sen- tence upon my Adverfary in an inftant, which was, that he was to be kept in Chains for three years, and to work among the Slaves j and to forfeit his Salary for the time, which was to be diftributed among his Company, which was accordingly put in Execution, as loon as he was perfe£lly recoverd, and that was in a few Weeks time. My caule being much more juft than his, and my Sentence being fulpended for a while, I thought I might come oft' Tolerably wrellj but when I con- fider’d with what feveiity they had dealt with him, I could not but expecl fomething proportionable would fail to iny ftiate. But it was not long ’ere I was put out of doubt,and my Sentence was pronoun- ced. I was to ftand before the Corps de Guarde at Jticatra three days after one another, with fix Muskets to the Eaft'Indies,' i^i Mufquets hung about me, and to forfeit three months Salary to the Judge- Advocate, and to do for that time the Duty of a private Centinel, ftanding fuch hours as were allotted me, with a Mulquet in my Hand. This was tolerable, and better than I expeQed ^ but it feems it was rather contrived for me, that I might not go altogether unpunifhed, than as a pu- nifnment defer ved by, and fuitable to what I had done. One may fee by this punifhment that was infli£ted on me, that a Martial Genius reigns there ; and that they are much given to a Military Diici- pline ^ for there was no manner of relation between the Mufquet and me, nor indeed did it agree with me at all. But fome of my Friends gave me hopes, that they would foon get me releafed j and by their means, orders were lent me to return to my Poft, after I had exercifed the Mulquet during two Months •, by which a Month of my Sentence was remitted me. A little while after I was reftored. Orders were fent to the Sumatra^ the Ship 1 was laft in, to get ready in eight days to go to Bantam. I put my lelf in a readinels to go with her, being defirous to fee how the Place flood lince its great diforder. The lafl day we were to be in Town, being Sunday.^ I went to Church, and heard a mofl admirable Ser- mon preach’d by the worthy Mr. John Conradus ; after which I took my leave of my Friends, and then took a Braw to carry me aboard the Su- matra^ which had her full Lading in, which was all Provilions, and moft of that Rice. The next Morning the Wind being very fair for us, we fet fail, and came that very Night into the Road be- fore Bantam. I went to Shore with the firfl Boat , and was much pleafed to fee all the Parts of that City fo neat, and in fo good an order, that there was not the leaft fign of its late Misfortunes to be M ■ feem -W x6x, Fryke’i Voyage 1 feen. I ftaid there that night, being told that the I next day eight Javians were to be executed for killing feme Dutchmen in the Country ; and ac- cordingly four of them were broke upon the Wheel 5 the other four were tied faft together, and turned down headlong off the Caftle-Bridge into the Water. While this was doing, there was a vaft outcry | of a fudden of Fire : The Houles being all of I Cane, the firft Houfe had in an inftant fet fire to | feveral others •, lb that the Uproar increafing, the Magiftrate fet double guard upon all the Conveni- ent Polls and Gates of the City, to prevent further harm; and left this might be intended to lervefor an InlurreUion : But both the Fire and Noile cealed quickly after. I went on board again, and hearing that the Young King was in a few days to make a Vifit to the Governour, I defired a Friend to give me no- tice the night before the day on which it was to be ; and notice being given me accordingly by my : Friend, I went to Shore. The manner of his Pomp and Magnificence was, I thought, very well worth my fight ; and it may not be dilkgreeable to the Reader to have a Ihort ac- count of it. As foon as ever the King had fet his Foot out of the Caftle, all the Cannon were dif charged, great and fmall, all round the place. The firlt that walked before him were four Am- hoineefes^ carrying Bucklers and Swords in their Hands ; next to them went a Company of Javians^ then a Company of Balingers^ with Ajagyen ; after , thele came fix Javians^ who carried a Chair finely wrought and gilt: then followed fix Perfian Horles^ with Trappings richly covered with Gold and Silver *, after them four Amboineefes^ with Efcutcheons and Swords in their Hands ; then the Young Prince, or King’s Son, of about eight Years of Age, on Horle- back i his Horle was fet out after the nobleft man- ner #0 Eaft-Indies. 165 ner I ever faw : He was attended by fome hundreds of Women, each of which had fomething in their Hands-, fome, Golden Cups j fome. Flowers ^ others, feveral Fruits of the Country ^ thefe were followed by the Company of Dutch Then came the King himlelf, riding on a very fine Perfian Horfe, fum- ptuoufly accoutred, and fitting with that-Majelly, that one would have thought him Lord of the Univerfe. Next to him went a great Company of Women' ^ then another Company of Dutch ^ and a Company of Javians^ with their Kr 'izzen and AJJagyen, which ended the Proceffion. All this mighty Shew and Formality, was a veiy great fur- prize to me, confidering that King’s Station, and that his Dignity was meetly titular. But that Pomp and Grandeur did not give him fo much luftre, as it did thofe under whole fubjeftion he was forced to live : And in that confideration, I fuppole, the Dutch were willing enough to amule him, with this vain fhew of Power and Greatnels. When the Guns were fired, one of the Men, not being lb care- ful as he fhould have been, had one of his Arms (hot oft^ as he was raming in the Powder. As foon as the young King heard of it, he came into the Hof- pital himlelf to fee the Man dreft, and to charge the Surgeon to take great care of him, and ordered an hundred pieces of Eight to be given him promi- fing withal, that if he cured him, he would give him a Penfion of two hundred pieces of Eight year- ly ^ which was an argument of a good tender Na- ture and Generofity, notwithftanding fome of his AQions, before-related, might reprefent him as one of a cruel and barbarous Dilpofition. It was not without Wonder, as well as Pleafure, that I beheld the great Reftauration and Improve- ment of this Famous City, which once lay in fo ruinous a condition ^ and to fee fuch plenty and abundance there, where fome time before there was M a . fuch 1 64 Fryke’j Voyage I fuch a fcarcity of neceflaries, that many Men were i ee’n famifh’d. And certainly of all the hardlhips of that War, none was to be compared to that which we underwent for want of Water. I was once forced to give as much Mony for one Angle •! draught of it, as would have bought a Butt of j Wine in fome places. And fuch was our lamenta- ble condition, that a Man would have given his / Life the next hour for a draught of Cold Water to / prolong it till then. So that when Water could be got at any rate, thole who had the greateft lhare of Plunder, would give all they had for one ! Angle Cup of it *, and thought themfelves happy they could purchale it upon fuch eafie terms : And j thus after all their labour, they were but little the better for all that Booty they had gotten. But what was the moft difiual of all was, that it was not to be gotten fometirhes, tho’ one had had the World to give for it ; And in thofe extre- I mities, many of our Men drinking out of lome Pools that were not wholefom, fome being Nitrous or Saltpete7'ijh^ and others being poifbnous Water*, it threw them into fuch Diftempers, and put ’em [ into fuch Tortures, that it would have grieved any one to have feen the miferable condition they were in. In the Wars with Kartiri^ which were a little 1 before my coming to the Indies, the poor Soldiers ' were in as bad a condition to the full. So that a Man would wonder, that the fame Perfbns fhould willingly expofe themfelves to fuch difficulties a 2 fecond time ^ as moft of our Men did, who were in both Expeditions. But what will not necellity put a Man upon, efpecially when it is a little en- liven’d by the hopes of fome fortunate Succefs? '£ And I believe, that the good Fortune of a certain Drummer in thofe late Wars, ferved in a great meafure to animate the whole Body of our Army. For % Eaft-Indies. 165 For this Drummer lighted fortunately of the King of Kartirt's Crown, for which the General^t Ba- tavia gave him thirty thoufand Gilders of ^utch Mony i and gave him his Freedom, and a Pals to go into Holland^ where he was to have his Mony paid, tho’ the Poor Man ne’re liv’d to enjoy it, for he died in the Voyages j but the Mony was duly paid to his Sifters, who lived at Middleburgh^ ac- cording to the agreement made with the Deceafed. And I make no doubt but every one of our Men, that knew this, were in hopes of getting at leaft a Crown for their fhare too. I was one of four who had almoft got as confi- derable a Booty, but we loft all by our want of cu- riofity i for three of the Admiral’s chief Attendants, and I, being juft come into Bantam^ after a little fatigue, we went to take a Nap in a Warehoufe that flood open , we laid us down upon a great Cheft that flood there, and never dreamt that there was any thing of value within it ^ but we had not been there above half an hour, when an Officer was fent from the Admiral to demand our Bed from un- der us, which we readily yielded. We were ftrange- ly furpriled when we law a Party of Men ready to convoy it to the Admiral, before whom it was open’d; and out of it came feven hundred Leathern Bags full of Cubangs^ which ( as I told you before) are pieces of Gold, worth ten Rixdollers apiece. You may imagine then how filly we looktupon one another, when we heard this ; and how angry we were with our felves, that we could complain of the hardnefs of our Bed, and were not fo wile as to (hake up the Feathers. But to be fhort, we loft very limply a Treafure which we might have had vejy fairly, and without oppofition, if we had but been fb prudent as to fearch into it at firft. But it is time to return to the Sumatra^ which , was now ready to go off; fo that with the firft M 3 fair i66 Mr. Frykex Voyage fair Wind wefet fail, and got fafe to Batavia sigsdn^ where we found a Fleet of feven Ships in a readi- nefs to go home, i.e. xo Holland. ( as the cuftom is to lend fome luch number of Ships home every Year, fometimes more, fometimes lefs at a time. ) I was glad to have the opportunity to fend fome Letters by ’em, and I did fo •, but charging only one Friend with ’em, my Friends in Holland never re- ceived any of ’em. But what made me the more negligent was, that I was near the time of my free- dom,and in full defign of going over my felf in a very little while. As foon as that Fleet had hoifted fail, I went to Church to join with the Prayers of the Congregation for the Fleets Prolperity and good Voyage, as there is always on thole occafions. Our Ship lay ftillat Anchor here for three Weeks, which made me very weary of it •, at laft we had Orders to go with a fmaller VelTel, call’d the Bali.^ to a fmall Ifland, about four Leagues from Batavia., to fetch Timber to repair the Ships that lay at the Ifland OnruJ}., and to carry it thither. This Ifle hath nothing but Timber upon it : Here welpent our time in catching of Tortoiles, with which we feaft- ed our lelves rarely ^ and having carried what was requilite to the Ifle of Onrujl.,: we return’d to Ba- tavia, The Bali being but a Irnall Veflel, we ran up the River, with eale, to the very Gate of the Caftle. The Chief Surgeon of India’s Lodging be- ing very near to us, I took the opportunity to wait upon him, and defired him to take care I might be appointed to go with the next that fliould be fent to any diftant part of the Indies, where I had not been ; which he promifed to do, feeing it vvas my defire. He reprelented to me fufficiently, and I knew it well enough, that I had a better Pofl already, and that any Poft at Land was more confiderable than the beft at Sea ^ and that thofe who had a fettled charge /o Eaft-lndies. 167 Charge there, were more r^arded, and better efteemed. But I was for feeing of ftrange Coun- tries, and variety of Things j and befides, a conti- nuance upon Land, required a continual expence, which the Sea doth not give fuch opportunity for. But, in a word, I would not have been penn’d up in one Town only, as fome are there, for all the Credit and Advantage they can propole to them- lelves, or attain to •, and indeed except in Bengal^ Surat ^ Camron in Verfia^ Japan^ or Ibme few other places, it is hardly worth a Man’s while to reft in hopes of being advanced 5 for Preferment goes there by Favour, as well as in thefe parts of the Woild : And when it doth fo, I think no wife Man will de- pend upon it. Thus I continued upon the Bali^ and as loon as Ihe had taken in her lading of Linnen and Striped Stuffs, together with fome Chefts of Mony j we fell down the River and fet fail for Bantam -, whi- ther Ihe was bound. We were above two hours lail i but we were forced back by a contrary Wind, which blew fo exceffive hard for the Ipace of two days, that we were very happy, that we ridded our felves out of it lb luckily. As loon as it was over, we fet lail again, and in forty eight hours we reached the Road of Bantam^ where we immediately unladed. When we went to Shore there, we law fome thoulands of Javians got together at the Mouth of the River: We were a little lurprized at firft, not knowing what the meaning of it Ihould be \ but coming nearer, and feeing feveral Hollanders a- mongft ’em, and then’difcovering their Nets, Hooks and other Inftruments, we found they were only catching of Crocodiles. When we landed, we faw feveral they had caught and knock’d in the Head already ; their King was amongft ’em to ^fee the Sport. No body can think what a ftrange kind of M 4 a Noife i68 Mr. Fry key V'qyage a Noife thefe filly Javians made, and Iiow they rent their Throats at it. Whereas my Comrade and I had caught almoft as many without any kind of Noile, and not half that Trouble. The Bali was only to unlade here, which being done, we let out fot Batavia again •, and as we came by the Ifland Ottruji, we heard all the Can- non fire, both in the Caftle, and in the City ^ we could not tell then what it was for, but we kept > going on j and not long after, when we came to call Anchor, we heard that the Fleet from Cameron ' in 'Berfia was fafe arrived, and had brought the good news with ’em, that all the Old Differences ' between the Viceroy there, and us, were perfeQily adjufled ^ and that there was a Good Correlpon- | dence fettled between us. And another Ship was j: come in from Holland^ which had alfo brought the ii good news of the quarrel being made up between the Englijh^ Danes and French^ and our lelves con- ; cerning the Injury done to them at Bantam : Which good news coming together, could not but make us all exceeding joyful. So that all the Streets of Batavia were all illuminated with Bon-fires, and Fire-works. The latter were chiefly the work of the Chineeles, who delight much in them, and are j fo ingenious at ’em, that one would wonder, elpe- cially being a People who never have any Inftru- mentsof War, where Powder is ufed. They like- wile ' entertained us with their Comedies, which are very diverting, if leen but feldom. We Ger- mans had over and above thele good news, that which more nearly concerned us, which was, that of the good fuccels of the Emperors Arms againfi: the Turks ^ fo that fome of my Countrymen and I joined fo much the more chearfully in the common j Rejoicings, which continued all that Night. The i next Morning the General Camphuyfen went to the ! Maleyjh Church, where publick thanks were return’d * to the Eaft-Indies. i6p to God for our Profperity ^ then the Service being over, the Guns were again fired round the City and Caftle. Three or four days after, as I was returning to fee my Patients on board the Bali^ I met with a Compa- ny of Soldiers that were going on board the Fief- fingen. Thefe were very, prettily accoutred with Silk-Stockings on their Legs, and Shoos made of Sail-Cloath : Thefe Men were defigned for Camron^ Surat and Macaran^ to fill up the vacancies there of fuch as keep Guard before the Houfes of the Company- But I would not have a private Soldier to fancy by this, that they are all to meet with ' fuch treatment there j for this good ufage is only to a few, that are to credit the Faflories in thofe places •, and thole are Ibme of thofe that have a great many Friends, and great Recommendations ; Whereas many a brave Soldier is forced to fpend his time in Bantam^ Amboina^ Banda^ and other un- healthy Iflahds, where they mull trudge it without I either Shoos or Stockings^ and it may be perilh mi- lerably. '' I ' Our Ship was once again order’d to go to Onruji ' to carry Rice, and other Provifions , which we didj and returned in four or five days. As we were come back, It was my fortune to fall once more into the Sea •, for as I went to eafe Na- ture on the outfide of the Ship, according to the ufual way, I held faft by the Rope, which broke, lb in I dropt. The Ships Crew was more ready to laugh at me, than to lend me their Hand •, and I was doubly put to’t, to fwim with my Breeches down *, but at laft my Comrade threw me out a Rope, by which 1 got up, and praifed God for my fafety. This made me more careful for ever after ^ and that the Boatfwane might be more diligent to fee for the future thatjfuch things were firm andftrong, the Mailer gave him a levere reprimand,, and laid g Fine on him, , After 1 70 Mr. YtyWs Voyage After this I went to pay another vilit to the up- per Surgeon ^ and from thence went to Sup with an Acquaintance of mine in the Caftle, and took a Friend with me. I was to go into the Town to lie ^ fo my Friend and I took a Praw to carry us thither up the River. In the way we came thro’ the Boom, which is a String of Trunks of Trees chained to- gether, which block up the River from one fide to the other, fo that there is no palling thro’ without an Officer, who ftands there to let you thro’, who firft vifits and fearches you, and then too you mull: pay fo much, according to the bignefs of the Vef fel-, and this goes to the Company, who make Ibme thoufands of Gilders yearly out of it. The next day we went to the Lottery, to fee what Gaming there was ^ that was moft full of Chineefes^ who, as I faid before, are the greateft Gamefters in the World. Whoever is a lofer there, the Compariy isfure to be the winner ; for there is a Mony-Changer appointed by them, who fits to keep order ambngft ’em, a kind of Groom-Porter j and every throw that is ''thrown with the Dice, there is two pence paid to him for the Company. And notwithftanding that feme of thofe who ruin themfelves at play there, might be fuppofed to fall into a paflion, and caufe feme diferder, yet there is never any difturbance heard of -, it being no lels than Death to make any in that place : For with- out that feverity it would never be free from it, elpecially when poor Soldiers lofe femetimes their whole Pay in one Night, which they have done ve- ry hard fervice for a Month or two, or may be more ; or when a Chineefe lofes all that he is worth, even his Wife and Children, nay his very Beard ^ nothing being more natural, than for Men in that condition to fall into exceflive Paflion. But they dare not give it any vent there, nor make the leaft noife. I could to the Eaft-Indies. lyr I could not refrain neither , but ventured fix or feven Ducatoons, which were gone in the twink- ling of an Eye ; but I prefently gave over, and took my leave of it for ever. Thence I went to refide for a few days at a Friends houle, and a Countrymans of mine, one Mr. Bufchbach, who had got his Freedom, having compleated his time in the Company’s Service, and was in very good Circumftances. He was a Man of an exceeding kind and generous I'emper, and a conftant Patron of all the Germans that came to Batavia^ and never weary of doing them all the lervice that lay in his power. I was a little indiF pofed at his Houfe, fo that I lent word to the Ship, that if they were ordered to go any Voyage be- fore I got better, they fhould give me notice of it, that they might be fupplied with Ibme other Per- fon to go in my ftead. But blelTed be God I reco- vered in a few days, which I think verily was in fome meafure owing to my Friend’s cafe, and his facetious diverting Company *, for I never met with more agreeable Company in my life. His Houle flood upon the Vierkant^ a place fo called from its being a Square, where the Rice Mar- ket was kept, and feveral other Provifions, being juft at the Mouth of the River, and therefore moft commodious for all Country People to bring their Fruits by water, as well as for the Filher-boats to bring their Fifti thither. There is alfo a Ifnall Dock for building of little Veffels. And all Vefiels what- foever that come by here, muft come to Shore, and be vifited by a Centinel that Hands there for that purpole, and is relieved every hour ; and in cafe any of ’em Ihould attempt to flip by, his Orders is to fire upon them. Mk FrykeV Voyage 17* CHAP. XII. The Author's Voyage to Macaffar*, goes in his way to Japara; pajjesby Pater-nofter Iflands,£^c. Defcri- ption ^Macaflar .* The Natives are the moft faith- ful Soldiers the Dutch have^ and the beft Slaves. Moors, fome blacky and fonie very white : Their Nobility : The Author cures the Son of one of their Noblemen^and is generoufly rewarded. Comes away from Macafl&r, and finds Japara in an uproar ^ the .Authors of it feized and punifhed. The great power of the Dutch Government in the Eaft-Indies. Arri-^ . val to Batavia again. The manner of Fifhing at Ba- tavia.i^ a Flame which they faw afar off at Sea for two Nights together ; they concluding that fome- thing extraordinary had occafwn'd it •, they went and found feveral Men reduced to the greateji extremity that ever was., and brought them into Ba- tavia. Departure to Siam : Defcription of that Country.^ and the Dutch Fathry there. Return to Batavia, where one of their Ships., by a mif chance., is blown up, and all the Men killed. Ceremonies ufual at a Wedding amongji the Javians. BEing pretty well recover’d, tho’ as yet fome- what weak, I return’d on board, where I Ipent my time but after a melancholly manner, and molt of it lying in my Hamock ^ yet I gathered ftrength apace, and in fome days got perfeftly well. There an Order came to me to remove on board the Tyger, which was to go to Macaffar this I re- ceived with a great deal of latisfaflion, and accord- ingly went out with her. We had not been three hours under fail, but fuch a violent Storm came upon to the Eafl'Indies. 173 upon us as brought our Main-Maft by the Board with fuch a force, that we thought our Ship was dalh’d in pieces ^ and this continuing for fome time, we were obliged to cut our Gears, and hand in what we could of our Sails. Our Mailer was not for going further, fo we went back to Batavia ; and being there refitted, we fet Sail out again ^ and in three days came before Japara^ which lies likewife in great Java^ leventy Leagues eallward of Batavia. This Place, which was once the Relidence of the mighty Emperor of that Empire, is as much under the Dominion of the Dutch., as Bantam is. And that Emperor likewile is no more fuch, than meerly in Name and Title •, and is as fubje£l to the Dutch Go- vernment as the King of Bantam is,of whom I have given you an account. So that this whole Illand, which is above five hundred miles compals, is al« moll all in fubje£lion to the Dutch Company. The Religion, Manners, Culloms, ^c. of the Inhabi- tants of Japara are much the lame as of thole of Bantam. Here we provided our felves with Water, and Wood for Fuel ^ which being done, we wound up our Anchors, and let fail : The next day we palTed by the fix Illands of Luboce, leaving them on our left, and Java on the right ^ and arrived to the Illand of Madura., which is about ten Leagues from Java. There we Raid a while, and then we fet for- ward again with the firllGale of Wind, and palled by fome hundreds of little Illands arid Rocks, which are called Dater nofier, fome of which we went over, whilll the Sea beat moll terribly againll thole Rocks which Hood a little above the Water, and made us very much affiraid, we having no other way, but thro’ them : So that we were continually founding with the Plummet. We fell foul of the Rocks four times notwithllanding all our care j but 174 Frykex Voyage God be thanked; without any damage. The beft of that courfe is, that there is Icarcely ever any ftormy Winds there, by realbn of the great heat the Sun gives. A few days after we got before MacaJJar, MacaJJar is a confiderable Kingdom, and well go- vern’d. The Dutch^ Englijh and Danes have all free- dom of Traffick there, as well as the Indians of all parts. It lies on the Ifland Cebebes to the Souths and leaches about an hundred Leagues 5 under the Line, it hath Borneo on the one fide, and the Molucca lilands on the other. Here lay an Englilh Ship, which had loft both her Surgeons in the Voyage, and were in great want of one to take care of their Men ^ they appliedjthem- felves not only to me, but to the Refident, to per- mit me to leave my Ship, to go with them, but it did not lie in the Governours power to free me from my Engagement in the Dutch Company. However they being drove to fuch neceflity,! went and lookt after their Patients, and I left all that was proper for ’em with one of the Ship, together with written Inrtruftions, how, and when to make ufe of ’em 5 for which they thanked me heartily, and gratified me very generoufly. There happen’d a Fire one Night in one of their Negerys^ which was all confumed in an inftant, be- ing built with nothing but Bamboos, and gave fo great a light, that we thought it was the Day break- ing upon us again, and put us into a kind of Con- fternation, till we knew what it was. The People, Natives of this Iftand, are fcatter’d thro’ all parts of the Indies •, and all Nations are de-, firous of ’em for their Slaves, becaufe they are ex- ceeding faithful, diligent, and good natur’d, and make the braveft Soldiers, as I have feen it my felf in the whole time of the War of Bantam^ where they daily fignaliz’d themfelves, both by their Cou- rage and Conduft. They are likewife the moft pro-' fitable, to the Eaft-Indies.s 175 fitable Ibft of Servants. I have had two of them, who have got me half a Ducate on a day ^ fo that thefe are lookt upon as the moft valuable of all the Indians ^ and therefore are ufed with the greateft care and humanity that may be. The hardeft and moft flavifti part of their Work, is generally put upon fhe Malabarians^ who are an ill-lookt fort of Peo- ple, like the Caffers. They are fb black too, that they are often taken fot Moors : Whereas it is a Na- tion of AJia, but difperfed here and there over all the Indies^ as the Jews are in Europe. The right Moors are thole of the great MoguPs Country, and the places adjacent, as Bengal^ Surat^ Golconda^ 8cc. but they very feldom or never go out of their own Country j nor doth any body dare to take them for Slaves, As there, is fome or ’em as black as a Coal, lb there is Ibme as white as any European whatever. They are moft of ’em very civil, handfom and well lhaped, courteous and gen- teel in their Behaviour. They are great Merchants, and very fincere in their Dealings ^ and thole I have had to do with, I have always found very generous and grateful. I had once the Son of a rich Moor under my hands, while I was at the Hofpital of Bantam : He had broke his Leg, and had been left: to the care of fome Surgeons of that Nation, who had done him no good. The Father at length de- foairing of the skill of his Countrymen , lent for me, and Ihew’d a great deal of rational concern for his Son’s condition. I went to the Boy, and ha- ving examined the FraHiion, and found it to be bet- ter than 1 imagined ^ I told the Father he might take Courage, and that I did not doubt but Ilhould in a little while let his Son upon his Legs again, with the help of the Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth *, ( making ule of thole Terms, becaufe it is in that Idea efpecially, that the Moors worlhip God : ) Upon which he bowed and lift up his Eyes towards 176 Mr, Fryke*/ Fojage towards Heaven. I fent for my Boy, and with the affiftance of a Moor,! fet the Bone of the Boy’s Leg ^ and having done all that was neceflary for the pre-^ fent, my Young Patient found eafe immediately. This gave the father much latisfa£lion, and he im- mediately prefented me with twenty Spanijh Mat- telling me that was nothing of my pay, but to encourage me to take what carel could of his Child. Thus, with God’s affiftance, I cured his Boy entirely in fix Weeks time ^ and without asking me, what I expelled, he gave me thirty Cubanzmto my hands, which amounted to three hundred Rixdollers, and ask’d me whether that fatisfi’d me. I told him it did extreamly well ^ and truly well it might, for in our Country we knew nothing of fuch large Fees as thofe are. If we had but a few fuch Patients there, it would keep a great many at home, who are now forced to ramble abroad, meerly to get their liveli- hood. But I return now to my Ship, which was ready to let fail again for Batavia^ and waiting only for a Wind. Therefore with the firft Eafterly Wind, we let out of the Port oi' Mac ajfar^ and running happi- ly thro’ the Bater-nofier IJlands^ we came to Anchor before Japara^ where we found three Ships come from Batavia^thx&Q days before us ^ and had brought fbme Soldiers from thence, to quel an uproar that had been made at Japara^ in which above twenty Dutch had been killed by the Inhabitants, who at- tempted to throw themfelves into the Fort Sambura. But by the means of the Governor, and this Auxilia- ry Force, all was quieted, and the Ringleaders lent away to Batavia^ where they receiv’d their due re- ward. Some of them were broken upon the Wheel, fome had their Ears and Nofes cut off^ and were lent chained altogether to fome Iflands to Ipend all their Life in burning of Lime, and there to remain perpetual Slaves. a t ti V ai i)i fi( afli jfoi in IS, la) w )ds and i mo Slii, I landed to the Eaft-Indies. 177 I Landed before thefe Wretches were fent away, fo that I faw ’em go along Chain’d together : But that which was the moft difmal to fee, was the La- mentation and fad Out-cries of thefe poor Fellow’s Wives and Children, who conduded them to the Water-fid e. All being thus fettled again, the Company aug- mented the Garrifbn,and fortified thofePlaces which needed it mofl, to prevent any fuch Diforders for the future. It is a wonderful Thing, that fuch are not more frequent; and that whenever they happen, they are fo foon Calm’d, confidering the vaftnefs of the Dutch Dominions, which are fo fcatter’d here and there, and fo far afunder ; but it is to be afcrib’d to their vigilant, and wifely Model’d Go- vernment ; without which, they could not fupport the weight of their feveral Dominions, which con- tain feveral Empires, Kingdoms, and large Pro- vinces, (all which would be too tedious to fetdown) and it would amaze one to think, what a vaft num- , ber of Deputies, Prefidents, Governours, and Of- ficers, they are forced to maintain for the Preferva- tion of their Power ; befides fome Hundreds of Ships : And, I dare fay, by good Gomputaticn, they have above a Hundred thoufand Men by Sea and Land. But as their Expence is great, fo their Wealth is unaccountable *, for where-ever you go, you fhall not fee one Thing in a thoufand, little or great, but if you ask whofe that is, all the anfwcr is, the Company’s. We departed from Japara^ and came the next day into the Road before Batavia^ and an hour or two after us, came in the Ship that had thofe Re- bels on board : fo that there we faw them Executed, and difpofed of as I have faid already. Before our Ship was quite Unladen, here arofe a moft terrible Hurricane, which tore moft of the Ships off their Anchors, and drove two of them N upoa lyS My. FrykeV Voyage » upon fome of the little Illands, that lie near there \ I one of which being old and decayed, was dafht in- * to pieces. It lafled but half an hour, and fo the Damage was the lefs, elfe there would hardly a Ship | have efcaped : Ours had call out five Anchors, two i ' : of which we loft ^ and two of our Men being in the Long-Boat, the Storm coming upon them fo fud- i denly, could not make to the Ship, but the Rope breaking, were torn off from us. When the Wind i ceafed, we went to fee after ’em, and found our poor i Seamen ftill alive, but that was all, tied faft by I Cords to the Boat which floated with the bottom i upwards j So that all were recover’d : But it was a i Miracle, that being fo far fpent as they were, and i not able to help themfelves, their Brains were not i I knockt out againft the Boat *, or that they were not | I devoured by Sharks. ' Befides all this, abundance of | 1 fmall Veffels, Prawen, &c. were caft away j and i many Perfons drown’d. , i The next day I went to fhore with the Mafter i and the Faftors,who defign’d to ftay there all Night, ( and ordered the Seamen to go back to their Ship. i I defired they might ftay till the Evening, becaufe i 1 I had a mind to go with ’em. But it being pretty , i dark, and the Wind very high, our Seamen keep- | i ing up the Sail without Fear or Wit, we were all | ! over-turn’d, within a Stone’s throw of the Ship j I but by the Bleffing of God, and the fpeedy Affiftance j of the Ship’s Crew, we were all took up Safe. t - The next Morning I return’d to Land, where I 1 was no fooner come, but a Muck Speder, who had 1 done a great deal of Mifchief, and put the People ; in an Uproar, came running by me, and by good i Fortune did me no harm j but kill’d a Boy within 20 Steps of me, and was prefently Shot himfelf in the Head, and dropt down j but it was after he had kill’d five or fix People : Nothing faved me but the corner of the Street, by means of which, as he run td the Eall-indieSi 179 rim fo furioufly, he over-fhot me, and got paft me before I could get aware of him ; and fo, God be prais’d, I was fafe, but ever fincc I was always upon my guard at Turnings and Croffings of Streets. Here I fpent my time with a great deal of variety of Diverfions, asFifhing, Walking, Shooting, go-^ ing by Water, and chiefly feeing my Friends : Molt days I took a fraw, and went to fome fmall Iflands that lie hard by there, where the chief Filhing is to be feen. Upon one of thefe Iflands lived a rich Clii- nefe near to the Chinefe\ Temple. He having a nu- merous Family of Children and Servants, I had fre^ quent Bufinefs in his Houfe, and got a great deal of Money by him. One Night, as I had taken my leave of him, and was going home, I fav/ a bright Flame at a mighty diftance, and heard fome Shoot- ing : Being Landed, I took fome of my Friends with me-to a high part of the Shore to fee it. We were all amazed to think what it Ihould be, and in giving our feveral Opinions, we fpent all the Night look- ing upon it. In the Morning the Flame could no longer be feen j but we hearing Hill a Gun go off now and then, we went and acquainted the General with it, who order’d a Boat to be fet out with 20 Men and an Officer, ready to go at Night, in cafe the Flame appeared again, and the Shooting continued. As the Day Ihut in, the Flame begun to be feeii more and more,and fomewhat nearer than the Night before. I defired the Officer that I might go with him, which he readily granting, we Tet forward, and made direftly up to the Fire : Coming nearer, we faw it was a fmall Bark and People in it, we Hail’d them , upon which they gave over Shooting, but made us no Anfwer. This made us the more Earneft to get up to ’em, and to Board ’em, which we did i And thefe we law a moft lamentable Sight, eight poor Engliffimen, three of ’em Dead, and the five others little better, not able to fpcak N 2 one i8o Mr. Voyage one Word, but endeavouring to mutter. We took them into our Boat with us, together with fome Chefts of Tanges and Larines^(gN\{\c\\ is a certain Mo- ney of thatCountry) which they had in their Boat with them ^ we ufed them as gently as we could, and made all fpeed poflible to the Place from whence we came, and there gave them all Kind of Refrefli- ment. It was five or fix hours e’er they came to themfelves, fo as to fpeak : At length they gave us an Account of themfelves^ and told us, they be- long’d to an Englifh Ship that came from Bengal richly laden, and was Bound for Batavia to joyn the Englifh Merchant-men that lay there ^ but com- ing by the Ifland Engano^ it being hard Weather, they w^ere thrown upon a Shelf, where their Ship was funk, fo that, of 78 Men they had on Board, but I 5 got into that little tatter’d Boat, and that of them there was but thofe we faw left ^ the reft ‘ having perifiied one after another for want of Wa- ter, which they had not had a Drop of in 1 5 or id’ days time. When we had this Account from them, we took them to Batavia^, and carried them to the Englifh Houfe , where we were heartily Thank’d , and treated with great Civility : Befides all which, the next Morning a Reward was fent to every one of the Soldiers, and to the Officer : And as for me, Having been very Helpful to them, and managed them with fome Cordials, and taking Care left their fudden Refrefhment ffiould do them an Injury, I had 20 Ducatoons fent me as a Prefent. While I remain’d here, there happen’d nothing more worth taking Notice of: And now Orders were fent me to repair on Board the Bergen in A/or- iveegen^ which was to go Commadore, with two other Ships bound for Odia^tht capital City of Siam j fo that I went and provided my felf with all that was necelfary for the Voyage : Which being done. ( to the Eaft-Indies. i8i I went on Board my Ship, the Fleet being ready to go off, and wefhould have fet Sail the very next day, had not the Ekerjloo^ one of our three Ships, Iprung a Leak, which obliged us to ftay while they took all the Goods out of her again, and mended her, which was a whole fortnight. This done, Ihe had her Lading put in again ; and then we went under Sail with a favourable Wind, and next day pafs’d by the Ifle of Lncafara • and thus we continued our Courfe with good Succefs for about eight days : But as it is almoft impofCble for two or three Ships to make fo confiderable a Voyage without fome Lett or Misfortune; the Ehrfloo Itriick upon a Bank of Sand, which frighted us all very much. As foon as Ihe gave us notice of it by firing a Gun, for we were a good way before her, but had happily Steer’d afide and mifs’d the Bank, we immediately fet out our Shallops, and went to her, and found there was no Remedy but Unlading her ; which we did with all fpeed, and bellowed theGoods,partly on Board of our Ship, and partly on the other : It was agreathappinefs that the Wind was not very high, elfe we could- never have done this. When all the Goods were out, we made Ihift, by means of calling Anchors, to get her olf the Bank ; and having examined her within, and found Ihe had no Damage done to her Keel, we put the Goods on Board of her again, and continued our Courfe, thanking God we had efcaped fuch a great Danger, by the favour of the Wind, which Hill continued good for us. This happen’d to us in our Courfe to TumhoUn and yinanibo as we failed between Borneo and Ma- lacca^ from which in three days we reach’d the Ifiand Matma. As we pafs’d by it, we faw fomc Ships before us,which we concluded were Chinefe Jonchrs ; About night they pafs’d by us direding their Courfe towards Borneo^ which made us think they came , N 3 from 1 82 Mr.V\:ykQ s Voyage from Cambodia. At break of day we faw five more, who likewife paft by us about Noon, and fleer’d their Courfe towards Malacca. When we were come up to the corner of that Ifland, v^e took the Elevation of the Pole, and found we were to Sail more to the Northward ^ and in a fhort time we came to the River, which runs through the Kingdom of Siam^ up which we failed as far as the Town Bo-ntemfia^ and there we call Anchor. Our Mafter and the Faftor went flraightway in the Long-Boat to the Chief City Odia •, which is 30 Leagues up the Rivet*, as foon as they were come back they went to Unlading. I then went on Shore too, and vifited the Dutch Fadory there. The Houfe which the Dutch Fa- dors have there, is amazing both for its Largenefs Beauty,and Strength. Above, are all the Lodgings, which are wonderful Stately both without and with- in : Under, are the Warehoufes, which are of a vafl bignefs, and richly flored with all manner of Commodities. The City of Odia is very large ; but moft of the Koufes are very low : So that all the Towers of their Temples Twhich are computed to be above Five thoufand) being rais’d much higher, and be- ing all eafilyfeen by reafon of the other Buildings being fo low, feem altogether like a Forefl in Win- ter. It is impoflible for any one to conceive what vafl numbers of People is continually moving about in that City, infomuch, that a Man who is newly come, would be apt to ask what’s the matter, and take that for a gathering of the Mob, or an un- ufual Croud, which is but the ufual Concourfe of the Town. It is feated upon the River Menan^ which is likewife fill’d with Ships , Praws , &c. This River is of the fame Nature with the Nile^ the >and the Ganges.^ and like them, over- flows ail the Fields about Odia^ and makes them ve- ry to the Eaft-Indies. i8j ry fruitful \ fpreading it felf over great part of th® Country , by means of feveral Arms or Creeks which Proyidence hath ordered for that purpofe* And befides this Advantage which this Inundation affords to the Country, it is a mighty Fence to the City Odia ^ becaufe the River over-flowing at cer- tain Seafons, no Enemy can Befiege it but for fome Months, during which the City is always able to defend it felf, being extraordinary well Situated and Fortified. Through mofl; of the Streets run fine Channels, as at Rotterdam^ ib that one may go with a Boat from one part of the Town to the other, which renders it mighty Commodious for Trader I may fay, that confidering all things, there is not a finer City in all India. Our Ships having now in little more than a Fortnights time unladen, and taken in their full Lading, which confifted of feveral Commodities, as Buck and Roe-Skins, Jappan-Wood, &c. we fell down the River, and with a fair Northerly Wind fet Sail homewards again.- The next day it Snowed fo hard, and the Wind was fo high, that we were drove almofl: upon Land ’ere we could be aware of it ^ but by good Pro- vidence we came off without any hurt, and in 1 1 days came up with the Ifland RdoaHra j where we lay ftill three days refrefhing our felves, and then continued our Courfe. We arrived at Batavia in three Weeks ; We were hardly come into Harbour when we faw the mofl: difmal Spedacle that can be. The Ship the Elej>hant^ which rode at Anchor hard by us, laden with Powder and other Ammunition defign’d for Bantam, by fome Accident took Fire ^ and in an inftantblew up into a thoufand pieces y fo that of above 8o Men that were on Board her, there was not one left alive to tell how it came. It was the molt difmal light methoughts I ever 184 Mr, FrykeV Voyage had feen, to behold fo many humane Bodies tofs’d at fuch a vaft diftance into the Air, for fome of ! ! them went over our Ship, and fo did feveral large l pieces of the Ship likewife ^ and what made it the ti more difmal, was, that no manner of help could Ij be afforded them. ■ |*j Infteadof going afhore with the reft, I went on ! r Board a Ship that was come hither fome days be- U fore us from Cameron in Perfaj becaufe the Chi- i rurgeon which belonged to that Ship was a Coun- : i tryman and intimate Acquaintance of mine, and we had been together in feveral Expeditions in the 1 Wars of Bantam. He was over-joyed to fee me, j and I was no lefs pleafed to find him well. Af- ter many Queftions paft on both fides, we came to give one another an Account of our Adventures I fince we parted, which gave him occafion to tell me, that he had had pretty good Fortune in all | his Voyages, but that he had narrowly efcaped 1 Death in a place where he thought himfelf moft | fecure : For, faith he. When I firft went to Shore | at Cameron.^ I went with fome of my Companions to the Faftor’s Houfe, and having fpoken with them I had Bufinefs with, we went into a Cabaret or pub- lick-Houfe; whence, after we had ftaid an hour or little more, we thought to go back to our Ships ^ but ere we could get to our Boats the Night catcht | us, and we were fet upon by a company Of Cut- throats. They out-did us in number, and were well Arm’d, whereas none of us had any Weapon about us, fo that we could mhke but a fruitlefs Re- liftan'ce. Flight being the beft Remedy, I prefume we all attempted it ^ but three of us only efcaped their Hands, yet not altogether neither ^ for I had feveral Blows from ’em, and was run through in j two places ^ the two others had their fhare too ; but neither of us three got any further hurt, and ; • we have great reafon to thank the Almighty God ' who to the Eaft-Indies. 185 who delivered us out of their Hands ^ for whatever they did'with the reft of our Company, which were five more, we never yet could learn what became of ’em. He likewife fpeaking of Cameron^ told me. That while he was there, there had been fuch an Earth- quake as had thrown down feveral Houfes, and kill’d feveral hundreds of People. Our next talk was about our own Country, to which we having both of us an Inclination tp re- turn, we agreed there in an inftant to take our Meafures about it ^ for both of us had ferved the Company our due time, and fome Months over. So we went together on Board my Ship, and from thence we took a Boat to Shore, and went together to wait upon the Head Chirurgion, to acquaint him with our Defign, and to defire him to Em- ploy us now on Land till the Fleet went off for Holland. He received us with great Civility, and did what we requefted of him ; and gave us part of the Hofpital in Charge, as I had had before. This being done. We went each of us to our re- fpeftive Ships to take our leave of ’em, and to fetch our Things, and return’d in the fame Praw to Batavia.^ where we repair’d to our Poft, and propofed to our felves to take fuch Care, that there might be no Caufe of Coi^laints, leaft they Ihould prove an obftacle to our Defigns, as it frequently happens. We had not been long here, but a Ship arrived from Holland. All the People that came in her, which were above 200 Soldiers, befides Seamen, were prefently landed, and drawn up before the Caftle-Gate, till an Order came from the General for them to march up to his Apartment in the- Caftle. I went to fee them, for as the Reader may well fuppofe, every Body is defirous to hear how Matters ftand at hojne, and is in Expeftation to i86 Mr. FrykeV Voyage to meet with fome Acquaintance. I found one there whom I had fome Knowledge of, a Mer- chant’s Son of Smhia, but had lived a long time at jimfierdam, where I had feen him. When I had given him the Welcome, and he me an Account of his Voyage, he rejoyced me with the good News of our Vidories over the Ottomans. While we were Talking, the Order came from the General to let them march into the Caftle ; where they had each of them their feveral Pofts and Stations aflign’d. But as all New-Comers have three feveral Days liberty to refrelh themfelves, I took my Acquaintance with me, to fhew him the Civility of the place, (which is commonly fpeak- ing, not very great). I took him out defigning to go to a Negery , about two miles from Batavia : But as we were going up the River in a Praw we had taken, we met fome Javians coming down in a fmall Boat, making a mighty noife with fome little Bells. We ask’d them the meaning of it; they told us that it was a Wedding, and that that was their Mufick. So we refolved to go back with them, and fee the manner of ’em : They went to' an Houfe about a quarter of a Mile out of the Ci- ty. We were invited to come in. The Houfe was all fet out and ftrewed with Flowers, and feveral Mats made of R ice- Straw w?re laid upon theGround, on which they were to have their Dinner. After a great many Ceremonies were paft, which I have given an Account of already, a Buffle was brought, which the Bridegroom knockt down, and the Bride took a Knife and cut his Throat. Then they by turns cut pieces of the Flelh, which they gave to the Cook to Drefs, giving him at the fame time lnllruQ:ions how they would have it done, and Herbs to do it with. Some of it was ordered upon our Account, but wc neither of us cared to the Eaft-Indies. 187 cared to be Sharers of fuch a tough Entertainment, ‘ and they being but a meaner fort of People, we thank’d them for the Civility they had Ihewn us, and fo left ’em. From thence we return’d to Batavia^ for the day was (hutting in ^ and no New-Comer may ab- fent himfelf from his Poft the firfl: Night, where- fore we deferr’d our defigned Walk till the next day. That night one of the Caftle-Gates was open’d, (which is a thing feldom known) to let out the Prefident of the City j who, together with fome others of the Council, had been at Supper with the General. CHAP, i88 Mr. FrykeV Voynge / CHAP. XIII. They go to the Negery j An Account of their Diver- fions there with Tumblers and Javian Baliar Dancers^ and of the firange Tricks they fhew^d : The Charges of their Entertainment. Pyrates infefi the Straight s of Sunda -• Ships fent out againfl them., and meet with them : Some of them taken., and how puniped. Strange fort of People of the IflandSt. GdSkt brought to Batavia, where, they foon died. A Javian //er- mit comes to Batavia, and makes a difcovery to the General of a Plot which the Javians were hatching at Bantam. The Account of his Life., &c. The Author going a Hunting, with others, meets with a poor Run~away Slave, a Dutchman, whom he takes home with him. Ships fent to Dif cover an Ifland, which by a ALagnetick Force draws the Ships on Shore ^ to prevent which, fame were Built with nothing but IVoqd. Some of the Javians blow up one of the Ba- fiions at Bantam, their Punifhment.^ &c. HE next day we took a Chinefe Praw to prurfue our Defign, and went up the River to the Negery. In our way, we came to a ftrong Current, which being very fhailow, the Head of our Boat ftruck upon a Rock and turn’d us over. We were in no danger of our Lives becaufe it was not deep, but we were Duck’d over Head and Ears ; but we got up and drew our Praw to Land, and fo got in again, and went forwards. We went there into a publick Houfe that flood not far from the Water-fide upon an Eminence, which afforded us a very agreeable Profped, and fat us down in a very pleafant Arbour, with Cedar- Trees, Limon-Trees, and other Green-Trees of that to the Eaft-Indies. 189 that kind all about us. We caufed a Dinner to be got ready for us of what the Country afforded j which was Fiffi and Fowl, Eggs, Herbs, &c. Our Liquor was 5«r/, which is a Juice drawn from the Coco-Trees; with that, we made very good Maf- fack and Lemonade^ by the help of Ibme Sugar, Spices, Limons, and Oranges, which we had in good plenty. I having a mind to make my Friend merry, and to divert him wkh variety, I fent for fome Gom- gomers^ (the Mufidans of that Country) and fome Javian Baliar Dancers, who made us a great deal of Paftirae. The Baliar Dancers, which come from Babylon^ I have fpoken of before ; but thefe were Javians^ which are a fort far inferiour to them, and differ from them much in the fame manner as there is between a Dance performed by a Dancing-Malter and one danced by a RuEick : But what was moE Diverting to us, efpecially to my Friend, was, fome Tumblers and Jugglers that were amongE ’em, who Ihew’d us feveral Tricks, which do lifual- ly fo nluch furprize, even thofe that fee them, that 1 know a Man runs fome risk in relating of them. However, fome of their moE confiderable Tricks of Adivity I cannot wholly pafs by. They were five in number : One of ’em laid him- felf flat down upon his Belly, upon a Mat they had Ipread on the Ground, and in the twinkling of an Eye, raifed himfelf upon his Legs; then laying himElf down again as before, he rais’d himfelf af- ter the fame manner, and Eood upon his Head on- ly : After this he laid himfelf upon his Back, and gave feveral Leaps in the Air like a Fifh. The other four did the fame Tricks over, one after the other, and Eill better and better. After this they took a Ladder of about 12 Rounds, and fet it againE one of ’em ; one of the other four got up to the top of it, and laid himfelf a crofs it ; the fe« 390 Fryke’x Voydge fecond went up, and lat a-crofs theother’s Shoulders ; the third climb’d up and pitch’d himfelf on his Head, upon the Head of the fecond, and there Hood with his Feet diredfly upwards ^ upon which, the fourth came, and flood upright on the Feet of the third \ And after playing feveral Tricks there, he leapt down on the Ground, and flood flill j the next Fel- low, that was flill flanding on his Head, gave a fpring upwards, and falling down, lighted on the Shoulders of him that flood below ; the next, who was on the Ladder- came down likewife with a Leap, and fell a-crofs the Shoulders of him ^ and fo did the fourth and lafl, who had been the firfl on the Ladder : He that had flood all this while, and held the foot of the Ladder, took it and climb’d up with it to the top of the other four, and there made a fort of Harangue to us in Jappomefe^ which con- cluded the Sight. There was a great many other Tricks intermixt with thefe, which were well worth the taking notice of ^ but I thought thefe would fuffice to fhew you, how far thefe Men out-do any thing w^e commonly fee in Europe. This being over, we call’d for our Reckoning in, which came to no more than Two thoufand Butgis. An European at firfl is frightned at fuch a reckoning as this, and thinks that fuch a Sum of Money fhould be enough to Treat a King and all the Nobility, or to defray the Charges of a Lord Mayor’s Feafl ^ but he mull underlland, that thefe Butgis are but little thin pieces of Lead, with holes in the middle of ’em, a certain number of them is put upon a String to fave the trouble of telling them over upon every occafion, and three Hundred of ’em are worth but Two Pence of Dutch Moneys lb that our Dinner amounted but to 13 or 14^. Befides this, our Mufick and Dancers cofl us a Shil- ling, and we gave a Ducatoon to the Juglers and Tumblers •, having paid all, we went back again down the River to Batavia, At to the Eaft-Indies. 191 At this very time the Streight of Snnda was very much infefted with Pickaroons ^ They had only Praws or fmall Boats of their own, with which they run with eafe in and out of feveral Rivers of the Kingdom of Bmtam^ and did a great deal of mifchief about the Iflands of Toppers-hoedie^ Dwarf- in-de-z^ee^ and others. They ufed to wait there for their Prey, and when they had gotten their Booty, they made immediately to their lurking holes, where finding fafety for a great while, they were at laft fo bold, that not a Ship could fcape them ^ and the more, becaufe the Company never concerned them- felves about it, nor took any Meafures to fupprefs them. But at length, the Bdi^ (the Ship in which 1 had been fome time before) coming that way, bound for Jamhi on the Coaft of Sumatra *, and be- ing obliged to caft Anchor near the aforefaid Wands, thefe Pyrates joyning their Forces together, came and furrounded her, and notwithftanding a ftout Defence made on Board the Bali for fome hours, they made themfelves Mafters of her, killed all the Men they could come at ^ and having taken what they could conveniently carry away , fet it on I Fire. i While the Ship was all in Flames, a Ship from I Malabar coming luckily by, made towards the Fire to fee what it was. Two Men, who in the En- gagement had hid themfelves below Deck, and were now got out, but knew not how to difpofe of them- I felves, flood upon the Fore-Caflle ready to throw themfelves into the Sea to avoid being burnt : But they fent them a Boat , by which means thefe poor Creatures were prefcrved j and being brought on Board the Ship , they continued their Coujrfe to Batavia^ where they gave the Gejieral an Ac- count of what had happen’d., The 192 Mr', FrykeV Voyage The Company now being Sufferers by this , thought fit to fend after thefe Pyrates, which they never minded before, while they came by no lofs themfelves , and while the Fiftiermen only, &c. were in danger. Immediately two Men of War were ordered to go after ’em, together with eight fmall Boats well Mann’d, to give them Chace. It being requifite there fhould be Chirurgions more than ordinary in thofe Ships, and this being like to be a Ihort Expedition, and near home, my Friend aKd I, who could not be employed in a long Voy- age, were appointed to go with them. We were very well pleas’d with our Commilfion, and accord- ingly we got ready our Chefts, and went on Board the Ceylon^ which carried 300 Men, and 48 Guns : The other Ship was about the fame Rate. The Boats had each of them from do to 70 Men, and about Id Patterero’s. When we were got part: the Ifland Onrufl^ we kept along the Sea-lhore till we came beyond Ban- tam^ and there we lay before the Mouth of fome Rivers, as clofe to the Land as we could : And fo as to lye to the Windward. At Night we divided our Fleet, and fent two of our Boats out to Sea to | entice the Pirates out after them, if they Ihould i chance to fee, them, and we flood ready to clap in between them, and the River ^ fo to cut off their ; Pafs, and hedge them in. We lay two days clofe ' to the Shore, within a Stone’s throw of Land, but very fafe, with no lefs than do Fathom Water. At length, about Sun-fet, we law five Boats making Sail towards our two Boats, at about two Leagues ; diflance from us j upon which we moved altogether . | forwards, along the Shore ^ and by that time it was j quite dark, we made diredly towards ’em, taking | Itill care to be between the Shore and them. ! 1 f D I tl II s: n tl E' til fei tf Ml fa we ii’e ao( lee 1 lilt Til lin nil Pri to -the Eaft-Indies; 19^ The next morning we faw them by break of day failing by a fmall Ifland. They havhig found out our Defign, were endeavouring to make their efcape, for the two Boats we had fent after ’em were far- ther from ’em than we were with the whole Fleet : So we joyned together again, and our eight Boats failing much falter than the Men of War couldj purfued them fo tightly, that notwithllanding thefe Rovers had feveral Oars with them, (which they ufe to make ufe of in a Calm or in cafe of purfuit) yet by Noon our Boats were all got within a quar- ter of a League of ’em \ fo that the lall of ’cili were forced to yield or fight. Wc with our great Ships were within a League of ’em all, and turn’d round a fmall Ifland, during which we loll fight of them : But our Boats all this while having got ground, they begun to thunder amonglt ’em j fo that in a little time, two of the Pyrates Boats were feized. Then we came in fight again, and took thefe two Boats into our Charge, and brought the Men on Board of us. Our Boats having made fome ftay, while they engaged thefe two, the other three were got away again pretty far. However, outs were not long ’ere they came within lliot of ’em^ and fo purfued them that they came to a clofe En- gagement, and after a lharp refiltance, at length became Malters of them. We loft in all 28 Men, and had 30 wounded \ but we kill’d 200, and wounded above 50 of theirs." The reft we carried to Batavia-, There was at firft near 900 of ’em ^ of which nine were Dutchmen , and two Danes •, one of whom had been a Captain of a Man of Wan We caught both the Danes,but we had but three Dutch- men, the fix others were killed in the fight. Being come to Batavia,^ they were ail put intC Prifon, and Examin’d. They confefs’d, that they had their Habitations in fome AVe^fs, aborit the 9 ' 194 Voyage Blaw Vepr-herghj ^and difcover’d feveral of their Companions thereabouts: Upon which they fent I Soldiers both by Sea and Land towards thofe places*, and in three Week’s time they brought back with ’em fome thoufands of ’em , moft of ’em being yaviOns. Of the whole, one part was broke upon the ^ Wheel, fome were Quarter’d, fome were Whipt, |j fofne had their Ears and Nofes cut off, and fome were burnt in the Forehead. The three Hollan- i ders were Flang’d : The two Danes Beheaded : and a great number of others were fent to feverallflands ; to Burn Lime, Hew Stone, &c. and there to re- i main Slaves all their Lives. Their Wives and . Children were ferved after the fame manner, that it might more effeftually prove a terrour to others. Ab^out this time came into the Road of Batavia a Ship from Madagafcar^ which brought with her two and twenty Savages from the Ifland St. Galle, They were much uglier and much more brutifh than the Hottentots at the Ca^e of Good Ho^e \ their Speech was hardly articulate, but confufed like that of Children, and as if they Sung. They had no Hair on their Heads, only a rough fcabby Skin. J They were ftrong, tho’ exceffive Lean, and had i fcarce any thing but Skin and Bones. Before their t Privy-Parts they had a Wild-Cat’s Skin, which f( reach’d down to their Knees j for in St. Galle there ti are multitudes of Wild-Cats. < tl They were fhut up all together, likeBeaftsin a an Stable, and were fed with nothing but raw Rice tl and Water, which it feems was too good for ’em j n for in a little while they all died. A naftier fort of Men I never faw ^ for as I faid, except their Head, tai they were Hairy all over to their very Hands and k Feet. Their Face was very red ^ but their Teeth tlif were very fine and white : Their Eyes were very large j and their large Ears flit in five or fix places. A bout to the Eaft-Indies. 195 About their Neck and Feet they had feme Twifts of Sea-Rufhes j which their Women made ufe of like wife to bear up their long fwagging Breafts. I believe the World doth not afford a more Sa^ vage Wild fort of Men. St. G die ^ from which they came, lies about 1 300 miles from Batavia^ and about 300 from the Cape, on the fide of the Ifland Ma- dagafear. Some time after this, zjavian Hermit, who lived in a Cave on the Blow Peper-bergh^ came to Batavia to fpeak with the General j and refufing to deliver his Mellage to any of his Attendants, he was ad» mitted and brought before the General, with whom he Ipent fome time alone. His Bufinefs with him, was to make a difeovery of a Plot, which feveral Javians had laid to furprize the City of Bantam^ and to put all the Dutch Garrifon to the Sword : Upon which the General dilpatch’d an Exprefs to the Governor of Bantam^ to Command him to be upon his Guard, and to let him know that he Ihould have a Reinforcement fent him fpeedily by Sea and Land. The Company upon this conceived a great Suf= picion, that the young King might be in this Con= ipiracy ^ But it was upon a clofe Enquiry, found to be a meer furmize ^ and all his Aftions ftewing fo much the contrary all along, they continued to treat him with the fame Refped as before : For ali the Ring-leaders of this Plot were deteded, taken^ and punifhed according to their Defertsj but not the leafl: thing could be found that might any way refled on the young King. The Hermit did not Care to return to his Cot- tage again .• So the Company promifed hifiT^, that he fhould never want if he would continue with them j which he accepted or readily. 196 Mr. Fryke’j Voyage He fpake feven Languages to wit, Tnrkljh^ Ara^ hie , Perjian , JUfooriJh^ Chinefe^ Maleijh^ and J avian j and had Tra veil’d over moft parts of Afia and A- frica. He had lived 1 5 years in that Cell ^ and it was a wonder how a Man fliould continue there fo long with any thing of fafety confidering the ma- iiyTygers, Leopards, Serpents, and other devour- ing Creatures that are in great numbers all about that Mountain. His Drefs was very much like that of the Arme- nian Women ^ fo that one would not have taken him for a Man j and befides that, one might have iniftaken him, even tho’ one was near him, becaufe he had pull’d his Beard out by the Roots : He was very thoughtful, fpake but feldom, and very grave- ly, He had above twenty pair of Shooes made of Paftboard, hung about his Girdle. Inftead of a Hat, he had a fort of a Turbant wrapt about his Head made of ftrip’d Cotton, about twelve Ells long, as the Moors ufually wear. As to his Diet, he Eat moderately, but loved to have all very good. Whatever he Drank, he poured part of it upon his Head, which was as bare as the Palm of a Man’s Hand. The Lodging that was ap- pointed for him w'as over againft mine, fo that I had fome Converfation with him in the Maleijh Language. But he was not free of his Difeourfe, except fometimes in the Relation of his V oyages, and the Delcription of the Countries he had feen as to the reft he feemed referved. I ask’d him one day, how he came to be an Hermit ^ to which he replied, juft as you come to be a Surgeon. But to have done with my capricious Gentleman. I was fent for to one of the General’s Servants, fo that I had once more an opportunity of feeing the General’s Garden, which was one of the fineft that ever was feen, for all kind of Afiatic or In- dian Trees and Flowers, ijj which were two Parts fet Era to the Eaft-Indies. 197 fet afide, the one for all manner of Wild-Beafls ; the other for all forts of Birds, of all which, an ac- count would be too tedious : In fhort, I can hardly think of any rare Creature that was not there to be feen. Two days after this, my Companion and I, and two more, went a fhooting, about two or three Leagues into the Country, along by the Powder- Mills, upon the^ River jacatra : And as we had pretty good fport, and kill’d a good quantity of Pigeons, Rabbets, &c. we were going to a Negery to refreih our felves, and make Merry with ourPro- vifions, we fpying a Rabbet making towards a little Wood \ two of us went after him, while the others went forward to get that Drefs’d which we had kill’d. As we were in purfuit of our Game, my Friend one way, and I the other, I came to a nar- row River’s fide, where I faw a Man fitting in a Melancholly poflure, with his Eyes on the Ground. Hearing him groan and figh, put me to a ftand, and ask him what he was to which he anfwer’d me with a deep figh, that he was a poor Hollander. I askt him what he did there, and whither he de- fign’d to go. Ah ! Sir, fays he, I know not where I am, nor which way I am to take, butfurely Pro- vidence hath fent you to my Relief;, and feeing I have the Happinefs once more to meet with a ChriHian, I befeech you to dired me, (if there’s any way for’t) how I may come to you ; Saying this, he fell upon his Knees fo I told him, I would get him over, and bid him ftay there. My Com- panion had made his Ihoot, and was gone to the reft : So I went up to the Village, and got a Praw, which I fent to bring him over to me and as foonashecame over, he gufht out in Tears, and Embracing me, thank’d me moft pafiionately for my feafonable Affiftance. I defired him to go along with me to fome Company I had, which he did-, O 3 and 19^ Mr. FrykeV Voyage and gave me a fliort account of himfelf by the way. My Company wondred who I had got with me, but when they were informed what he was, we all help’d to Comfort him, and treated him as we did our felves. In that while he inform’d us of the par- ticulars of his Misfortunes : The fum of which was. That being come overTrom Delft^m the Company’s Service, as Carpenter, he had been employed in the Kartlrian Wars*, and as he,' with three more, were fentout to take a View of fome part of the chief City of that Kingdom, they had the ill Fortune to fall into the Hands of the Enemy, who carried them away Prifoners to Tiiban^ and there Sold them to a rich Chinefe^ who was juft come thither in a Ship of his own : That Chwefe carried them all four to China^ to the Sea-Port Town call’d Quancheu \ where after feven years of hard Slavery, they found an opportunity, and made their efcape from thence in a fmall Boat to the Ifland of Manilha ^ where they luckily met with a Ship that was coming to Batavia^ but as they were got alraoft within reach of it, and within four miles of Land, their Ship ftruck upon a Shelf, and there funk ^ and he knew of none that had faved themfelves but he alone. The Relation of this difmal Story did affeft us fo, that we were as Melancholly as himfelf. Our Dinner being over, we return’d to Batavia^ and took this poor Man with us, and prefented him to the General, who appointed him a Poll under the Gunner of the Caftle, till further Orders. I heed not give the Reader the particular Ac- count which he gave us of his Slavery, it being much the fame with what we ufe to hear concerning that Condition, and may be found in moft Books of Travels, efpecially in thofe of Ferdinandus Men- dez. Plnto.^ who gives an Experimental Account of all forts of Slavery, having been himfelf, taken 1 3 times, and 1 7 times fold, in the fpaceof 21 years. About to the Ea/l-Indies, 199 About this time three Ships were getting ready? to go and make a difcovery of a certain Ifland which lies Northward of Ja^An. There had been fome Ships fent thither fome years before, but they had all mifcarried ; fome by the way \ others (as it was reported) by the attradive power of the Mag- netic Mountains were drawn violently to Shore j fo that to avoid that danger, they contrived the Building of thefe Ships, without Nails or Iron Work. When they were ready, they Beat up for Volun- teer Seamen, promifing them for an Encourage- ment a Twelve Month’s Pay over and above their Wages i half of it to be paid prefently, the other half when they came back. This raifed Men in abundance, and as fait as they could wifh ; and in three weeks time, the Ships being ready, went un- der fail with 220 Men on Board of ’em. It is faid that Ifland was firfl: found out by the Portuguefes, but that they were forced to abandon it by reafon of the exceflive Cold and multitude of Wild-Beafts \ for it lies Northward of Tartary. But the Gold, which as it is reported, comes in great ftore down feveral Rivers of that Country, was (1 prefumej the only Motive which fet the Dutch upon making thefe dangerous Attempts, and upon ventring a fecond time, after fuch bad Succefs. What became of this lafl: Expedition I never heard j for there came no News of it to Batavia before I came away from thence. Soon after this, a great piece of Roguery was carried on at Bantam , which unhappily proved fuccefsful. The Dutch had there under one of the Baftions, a great Magazine of Powder, and they had unfortunately at that time above 100 Tun of it in the Magazine. A Javian undertook to get in by breaking of the Wall, which he was forced to do by digging a way under Ground quite to the fide of it. Every day he clofed up the entrance O 4 into 200 Mr. Fryke’j' Voynge into his Hole with Earth, fo artificially and fo fofN I5 , thatno body y=*rceivedit, and that neither of thetwo Seatinei? ^' '^1; ftood on the Baftion heard the Itafl Noife at a:. ^me. When he was got in, he took a Bamboo-Cane that was hollow, and fil- ling that '"^ith Gun-powder, lighted it at one end, and the Fire coming to the Powder in the Cane, j ga-ve a great Blow, with fome Flame, without doing I any further harm for the prefent. This alarm’d ; all the People, who prefently went to fearch every corner of the Baftiori, to fee what the matter was , | and there the Bamboo-Cane was found, and the Powder that was in it was confumed ; But no fooner had they open’d the Vault-Door, but the Wind finding a free paflage, took fome fparks of Fire a- long with it, which lighted among the Powder, and in an inftantfet that on Fire, and blew up the whole Baftion with 1 6 pieces of Cannon, and above 200 Perfons. An Account of this Accident w'as quickly fent to he General at Batavia^ who prefently fent Men thither j together with Orders to the Governor, and to the young King, to make a diligent En- quiry after the Author’s of this Villany : And in a Ihort time, three Javians were difcovered to be the Men \ who were brought bound to Batavia^^xAcoVi- fefs’d, That they we’ e the only Contrivers of that Adion i upon which they were all three Condemned to Die. He that had fet Fire to the Cane, was brought upon a Scaffold ereded for that purpofe, and there Pinch’d with red-hot Tongs from the morning till towards the evening, at which time he was cut into CLuatters j fo that that ^ay was fpent in Torturing of that Fellow only. The next day the fecond was ferved in like manner , The third Was Broke upon the Wheel f to the Eaft-Indies. 201 We thought the time long now ’ere the Ships went off to Holland^ or at leaft till the time was fixt for their going ^ which we expefted daily fliould be done : However, we had got our Names . upon the Roll, and having time enough, we ven- tured to take a fmall Journey together to vifit the Hermits Cells ; for which purpofe we took fome Javian Guides with us. The Road, we found as it was told ns, very commodious, having a great many Inns, and good Accommodation, till we came to the Wildernefs where thefe Hermits dwell. : Within fix or feven miles of which, we came to two Villages, one on one fide, the other on the other fide of the River in the middle of which was a very high Rock, upon which was a Javian Temple. We went to fee it, and found there only one Reverend Bard, who refided there all the Year round. That Temple was ufed only two days in the Year, ■hiz.. New-Tear'^s Day^ and the Feaft of Mahomet , whofe Se£t they follow : And on thofe Days, there is much Praying and ■ Worlhiping, and great Proceffions made, Having taken a View of this, we went on, and came to a Village that is near the Blawen Pepper- bergh , from which we had not above 2 or 3 miles to the place where the Cells are. In that Village we ftaid the latter part of that Day, and all that Night, in order to fpend all the next day in fa- ■ tisfying our Curiofity ^ and accordingly we got thi- ,ther early the next morning. There we faw a great many pretty Caves, cut out of the Natural Rocks, and very Artificially contrived. We had been told, that they were poor little miferable Holes that were not worth the feeing ^ but we were not a little furprized to find them lb neat and de- lightful, nor Jefs pleafed to fee how fuccefsfully they had imitated Nature j infomuch, that it was hard to judge, whether Nature or Art had had the ' ' ' chiefefl 202 Mr, FrykeV Voyage chiefefl: hand in the ordering of ’em. Thefe Cells were mofl: inhabited by a fort of Men, who in imitation of their Founder, Devote themfelves to a perpetual Aufterity , Mortification , and Self- Denial, as he himfelf had fet them an Example \ afluring them. That the Chaftizing of the Body, would conduce very much to Felicity, and would infallibly draw down God’s Blefling upon them ^ lb that he was look’d upon as a great Saint ; and his Followers are valued at no lels rate all over ths Country. They wore long Gowns after the manner c the Armenian Priefts, or the Bonz^en in Jafaj They fpend all Day and Night in lifting up thei Eyes and Hands to Heaven, intimating. That the Defire nothing here below. The Javians that wer our Guides, told us. That they ufed to Eat nothin but Boil’d Herbs , Beans, Roots, and fuch lik Fruits ; And that on fome Days, which they ca! their Feaft-Days, they eat Flies, Mice, Scorpion; and Spiders, dreft with a Juice prell out of a cer tain Herb that grows there in abundance, whicl looks very much like our Sorrel. In this poo Condition they live and die ; but in the highel Efteem and Veneration among all the Javians So that they never fail to be Canonized afte their Death, and their Bodies are burnt witi great Solemnity, and with all the refped imagi nablej every one thinking himfelf happy, tha can but come and throw in a Bundle of Sweet Herbs upon the Corps. Some of thofe Hermits, thinking that the mon they mortifie the more they are acceptable to theii God, Eat nothing but green Herbs and Roots, an 212 Mr, Voyage do me any harm, I pull’d out a piece of Tobacco and gave it them : They were mightily pleafed with that Prefent, but the way they took to (hew their Gratitude, and to thank me, was fo odious to me, that I wilh’d I had not given them any oc- calion of returning me Thanks. For no fooner had I given them this, but they all lifted up thofe Flaps of Sheep-Skin which hang before their Privy= Parts to give me a fight of ’em. What with this beaftly Behaviour, and what with the nafty ftench of their Kennels, (as I think I may properly call ’em) I made all hafte to be gone. Some of ’em I found at their Dinner, or rather. Eating, f for that is a word of too much Order and Decency for them.) They had only a piece of Cow-Hide, laid out upon the Coals a Broyling, and to make the Carbonnade more pleafant, they had fqueezed the Dung out of the Guts, and^read it finely on the Hide to raoiften it, and to give it a relilh ^ and this they take when it is broyl’d, and chop it, and fo Eat it. The very ordering of it in this manner, turn’d my Sto- mach fo, that I could not flay to fee the Eating of it : But I made all the hafte I could to be gone. I went from thence diredly to the Lewen-hergh ^ which is a fine pleafant Hill, not at all Rocky, but cover’d over with Grafs, and affording a raoft plea- fant Prolped. Here I fat me down, and took a view of the Country all round me. After I had been there a while, I efpied at Sea a Ship making to the Port with full Sails ; and prefently after I faw the Flag hoifted up in the Caftle. Upon this I came down to go towards the Fort, and as I was going along the Shore, there ftood a Servant Maid, who was come to fill a little Tub with Sand: As foon as Ihe faw me, flie cry’d out to me as loud as file could, Maridi fini Senior : Oh Sir ! Pray come and helpme. I ran full fpeed towards her to help her, and when I came up to her, Ihe ihe wed me a dread" fliocoi ii)0Uti Served, tttrean Mjieli Cspe, . ffltedfor &II1E Cof fitlioatti iDigaity to the Eaft-Indies. 21 j dreadful long Serpent, that had jufl: then been de- vouring a young Hottento^-^ and had fwallowed him all up but the Legs, which ftiU lluck out of his Mouth. This had put the Maid into a great Con- fternation, and made her afraid that flie fhould be his next Prey : And truly being much in the fame Apprehenfions my felf , I betook my felf to my Heels, which the Maid feeing, Ihe gave a dreadful Shriek, and began to run too. That great Shriek fbegave brought oiitfome Honentotsth^t were there- abouts, who came running towards us. As foon as they faw what was the matter, they got them- felves ready to catch the Serpent *, and having brought out fome long Ropes, they threw them with wonderful Dexterity about its middle, and drawing the Ropes, fome at one end, fome at ano- ther, as hard as they were able ^ they held him fb faff, that I expefted they would have cut him in two. All the while the Serpent Hifs’d in a fear- ful m inner, and Twilled it felf ftrangely, but could not Hip away. At lull: came fome of the Men with great Poles, with which they knock’d him on the Head. This dreadful Creature was very near \6 Tcot long. They fallned it to a Stick, and let it dry. Tnis being done, I return’d to the place from whence I came. In my return I met with fome Wild Hottentots^ who come down thither from the Cafre'% Country, about 100 Leagues from thence. They, as I ob- ferved, are almofl; Blind in the day time, at leall extream Dira-Cghted ; fo that they do moll of their Bufinefs by Night. In the time that I Raid in the Cape, I faw once one of thefe Wild Prople exe- cuted for Theft: He had fome time before Rolen fome Cows and Sheep from fome of the Freemen, without the Approbation of their King, (which is a Dignity they confer upon fome one araongR’em ^ P 3 and 214 Fi'ykeV Voyage and whereever they are, tho’ but to the number of five or fix together, they always make them a King or Captain to Rule over them, without whofe Confent no kind of thing is to be done and in this the Company doth not at all interpofe, but leaves them to their own Cuftoms). The Crimi- nal was tied Hand and Foot, and ftretched out be- twixt two Polls, about half a Man’s height from the Ground j after which fome Men came with great Sticks, and beat him to Death. If they hit him on the Head or Breall he is foon difpatcht *, but they never give over as long as they find any Breath in him. When he is expired, they carry hint to the Wood , and there fallen him to a Bough, and leave him for a Prey to Wild Bealls. The Ship that I efpied coming from the top of the Hill, was an Englifh Fly-boat, which came and call Anchor by the other Englifh Ship that lay there before. The Mailer gave us an Account of his Voyage, which had been thus far very pro- iperous. He was bound for Jaffan^ but was to call at feveral Places by the way. He put in here to Treat with the Governour, but about what, { could not be informed. After we had llaid here full three Weeks, which Is more by a Week than Ships generally do, every body was ordered on Board in a readinefs to be going. Our Mailer being Commadore, call’d a Council to fettle the Orders of their Voyage. The next day a Review was made, where all were found in very good Order, except two that were very lick j but yet, as ill as they were, they would not llay there, but would venture on their Voyage. ' The next day, after the Review was made, our Mailer and Fador, together with the other Mailers pf Ships, went once more a Shore to wait on the Go- to the Ealt-Ihdies. 215 Governor to take their Leave of him ; They came back that fame night in order to go out of the Bay with the firft fair Wind ^ which|happen’d that very night, being the 23th of A/ajj and then we fleer’d our Courfe North-Wefl. All the next day we had the African Coafls in fight. Our Water VefTels were fhut up again, and dealt out by Portions •, which was, a Can to each Perfon once in 24 hours •, and half a Qiiartern of Brandy, or Arack. When we had been a while under Sail, out came a Seaman from under the Hatches , who had hid himfelf there till we were got out in full Sea. He was but jufl come to the Cape with an Enghfh Ship ^ and being fent alhore to fetch in frefh Water, he fo contrived his Bufi- nefs as to get in with our Men, being refolved ne- ver to go with the Englifh again. He was an Ham- burgher, a brisk adive Fellow : In the hardefl of Weather, he was firfl and laft on the Mall, and extreamly ferviceable. So that he got the love of every body, and generally had a larger fhare of the Diflributions than any of the reft. Having now failed about 10 days, we came up to St.Hellens^ where the Ships that are homeward bound from India feldom fail to call ; but our Mafter did not think fit to put in there, partly becaufe we had already made great flays, and partly becaufe we needed no Provifions. In 14 days we found our felves under the Line, and the Sun flood Perpendicular over our Heads. This was the twelfth time that I paffed under it in my Voyages to and fro. As foon as we came there, our Mafter commanded a White Flag to be hung out ; which was the ufual Token for all the Mailers and Steerfmen in the Fleet to come on Board of him. When they were all come together, he open’d their Inftrudlions to them, which were. That contrary to the Cuflom of the Eafi'India homeward p 4 bound Mr. Vtyk^s Voyage bound Ships , ( which was to Steer their Cpurfe betwixt Scotland and Hitland^ in their return to Holland ) they fliould now go round Hitland^ and pafs betwixt Fero and Filo^ and lb keep along the Coafls of Norway^ where they Ihould meet with a Squadron of Men of War for their Convoy. And | this was accordingly done. But now being our Voyage was made lb much the longer by thefe Or- ders than otherwife it would have been, they be- gan to fliorten each Man’s Allowance to m^e it hold out the better. All this while we got, (Blelled be God) all fafe from under the line, and were not above feven days a pafling of it. Whereas it is common for Ships to lie there two or three Months, and cannot ftir for want of a Wind, lb that what with the Calm, and the exceflive Heat, they loofe abundance of their Men : But we had but five Men lick all that time. ■ From thence we pafs’d to the Gras-Zee^ or Grafs- Sea^ fo called from the Grafs which grows there, fo that the Sea appears juft like a Meadow, and it lookt to us as if we were already with one Foot upon Land. This held for near i oo Leagues toge- ther. We pafs’d through it with a very good Wind, and were very glad to get out of it, not- withftanding it was a pretty Sight enough. When we pull’d iip any of that Grafs, we found it had ve- ry long fmall Roots. [ Soon after ' this we came in fight of the Iflands Corvo and Flores^ and at the fame time of the North.. Star. Being got thus far, each Seaman’s Allow- ance began to increafe’ again'.' But before this Order was given, the Mafter ’lent to Examine all the Provifions, and had an Account brought him of what quantity there was left of each particular. He finding there was good ftore of Arack left, and that we had had a very quick Palfage fo far, and the • Wind to the Eaft-Indies, 217 Wind continued fo very fair for us, that it gave us hopes of being quickly at the end of our Voy- age, was willing to let the Men enjoy themfelves a little more, and fo order’d that a pretty good fliare of Arack Ihould be dealt out to every one of ’em. I But there being feveral that were lick, and could not ufe their Arack themfelves, difpofed of it to 1 thofe that were well, who having then too much of ! that ftrong Liquor, made themfelves exceeding ; Drunk, and committed a great deal of Diforder : I For tho’ there is very fevere Laws on Shipboard, ! and thofe are generally Executed with Rigour, yet j fuch is the Seamen’s Temper, that they ever grow more diforderly and ungovernable as they come nearer home. Wherefore our Mailer being a very good honelt old Man, refolved to let none have any more, but thofe that were in a fit Condi- tion to Drink it themfelves ^ And that this might be obferved pundually , he order’d the Under Steerfman to ftand by every day, and to fee every body Drink their own Portion : By this means he put a flop to thofe Diforders , and prevented a great deal of Mifchief. When we came more and more in fight of the ^orth-Star^ we began to be very chearful, and fell a Singing of the Hymn, Hoe Schoon light ons de Morgen-Star. But by that time we got a little beyond the Ifland Feroj the Weather began to feem very Cold to us, s tho’ it was in the very middle of the Summer, that . we could not bear to fit above Deck, till we had . got fome more Cloaths on. What made us fo very ; fenfible of Cold was, that we came from fo Hot a Country as the Indies is. Here we obferved, That 1 the day was 20 hours long, and that in the four , hours that the Sun was below our Horizon, it Hill 1 gave fo much light on the one fide,or the other of us, ^hat a Man might make Ihift to Read any Book of a fair I 1 21 8 Mr.'9x^\.€s Voyage fair Charader any time of the Night, by the help only of that refrafted light. The next day our Mafter, and Steerfmen, judged i that we were not far from Hltland. Then we faw I continually great Flocks of Birds and flying Fifli, I which fell down in great numbers in our Ship. So I Orders were given to watch on the Main-top-Maft- I liead, and about the Evening one cry’d out Land. I The Mountains afliired us fufliciently that it was Hit- I land ^ therefore we bore direftly upon it with a brisk I Gale, and no fmall Joy it was to us, that we were I thus happily drawing apace towards our Country. 1 1 Thus we kept failing all the next day along that 1 1 Coaft, within about a League from it, and fo paft it. i 1 Quickly after that we fpied four Men of War, which I f we concluded were our Convoy ^ and being come I ti fomthing nearer, we perceived them to be fo by their I Colours: Upon which, we hung out ours, and fired Mk fome Guns for a Signal. We likewife Hail’d out our I k Boats to go on Board them, but the Wind hind red I us from doing it. All the while we came nearer Jca and nearer, and the Convoy having a fmall Tender |tlK with them, they loaded it with Provifions, and fent liiie it towards us ^ as it is always the Cuftom to meet I reel the homeward bound Ships, and to bring them frefii lior Viftuals, &-C. to refrefh them after fuch a long Voy- |ineii, age. They brought fome Velfels of Beer, Sack, Ifrefli Butter, Cheefe, Tobacco, Pipes, and Brandy. Illui When thefe things were brought on Board of us j laiiyt oneVeflelof Beer was put on the one fide of the Imeflj Main-Malt, and another on the other fide ^ andlold; thofe were free for any body to go to, and Drink lleRr’’ at Diferetion. Iter-B But we did not long Enjoy our felves thus ; For If (,^5 as we were juft coming to a pitch of Mirth and Jol-I Skr lity, fuch a dreadful Wind arofe, as wehad notmetljJi,j, with any thing like it in our Voyage , and it terri-lrermjg fied usfo much the more,becaufe we were near horn e,||4! where! to the Eaft-Indies. 219 where we thought our felves fecure, not dreaming of any farther danger. The night came upon us, and our Ship being very old and crazy, began to fpring feveral Leaks, fo that we were forced to keep continually a Pumping. The Weather was fo cold, the night fo dark, and the Wind fo very boifterous, that we were paft all hopes, except what we had in God’s Gracious Providence, and to that alone we committed our felves. The morning came, but gave us but a fmall Relief, for the Wind was as terrible as before ^ and fo it pleafed God to hold on for four days together without IntermilTion •, at the end of which, God was pleafed to Calm the Wind and Seas, and reflore us to our former Peace and favourable Gales ^ for which we all hear- tily offer’d up our Thanks to the Almighty. Here we loft our Upper Steerfman, who had been lick moft of the Voyage, and we threw him over- board. We had after this hard Weather, a pretty good Gale of Wind which brought us quickly in fight of the Northern Coafts. We fail’d then all along by them, and fleer’d our Courfe direftly upon Holland^ reckoning to reach the Maes in three or four days more. In our Courfe we met with feme Fifher- men, who came a-board of us, and fold us fome frefh Herrings. This was to me the greateft Feaft I had had a great while, and I think I never liked any thing better in my life. Among thofe Fifher- nk fhew’d us an Extrad of his Birth out of the Regi- fter-Book : He was as Adive at his Bulinefs as any or of his Fellows. ol- Shortly after this came a Pilot on Board of us, me! and by Orders from the Company, took the Go- yernment of the Ship on himfelf, and difmift the u;, Mafter : So we came to caft Anchor before the ie(t ‘ ' ' 220 Mr» FrykeV Voyage 'Briel, As fcon as we had caffc Anchor here, the Deputies of the Company came on Board of us : They are generally two of the oldeft that are Deputed for that purpofe. Thefe Gentlemen call’d all the Ship’s Crew together, and thank’d them in the name of all the Company for their Faithfulnefs and Diligence in their Service •, from which they im- mediately freed them, and promifed them that they Ihould be paid with fpeed : After which, every one was at liberty, and was - carried to Shore in Tome fmall Ketches that came for that purpofe. Immediately upon this, came other Seamen on Board the Ship, which they call Sjouwers. Thefe Furl’d in all the Sails, and took them down ^ fired all the Guns and charged them again. All the Pro- vifions they found remaining was theirs. Every one of us was forced to leave his Cheft on Board, they being all to be brought to the Egji-India Houfe, and there to be Search’d. The Wound I had received in the Wars of Ban- tam had of late been a little uneafie to me ^ and the two Bullets which were ever fince that time in my Leg, began to be a little troublefome : But now my Pain increafed fo fall upon me, that in a very little while after we came to the Briel^ I was no more able to walk at all by my felf ; but was forced to be carried into a Houfe by a Couple of our Men. I was forry I had not a little more time to Eafe my felf here ^ but the reft being ready to go for Rotterdam ^ I was obliged to be gone along with them. Being come to Rotterdam^ and having within 3 days time received my Cheft back again, as all the reft likewife had. I was forced to go from thence to Amfterdam^ that being the Chamber where I had engaged ray felf ; and from which I was to receive my Money. Thither I went partly by Land, and partly by Water j but either way with fq muph pain to the Eaft-Indles. 221 and uneafinefs, that all the Hardlhips I had under- gone in all my Voyages w§re not to be compared to that : Yet v/as I full df Acknowledgment to Almighty God, who had deliver’d me out of fo many Extream Dangers to which I had beenex- pofed, from the merciJefs Sea, fierce and cruel Ser- pents and Beafts ; and from feveral Heathens of many Nations mere Barbarous than them all, and had brought me again into a Chrillian Country. And though I was not in Health of Body, yet it was an exceeding Comfort to me, to have fogood. Opportunities again of making better Provifion for my Soul, and to participate of that Holy Sacra- ment from which I had been abfent during feven years. Wherefore being in this weak Condition, the chief thing I defired was to have a Minifter, and to receive the Communion. My Landlady help’d me to one who was the Minifter of the Ger- man Lutheran Church at jlm^erdam^ from whofe Pious Difeourfe, and Abfolution, together with the BlefTed Sacrament, I received an exceeding great Comfort, and then very chearfully refign’d my felf up to the Almighty’s Pleafure. I thank’d my Ghoftly Father for his Kindnefs, and made him a Prefent of fix Ducatoons , Ibme Rofes of Jerlchoj and fome China Ware. My Pain encreafing rather than diminilhing, and I growing daily worfe and worfe, I fent for a Dodor and two Chirurgions, not willing to truft to my own Skill only. And being I was not able to go and receive my Money my felf, I was ob- liged to fend a Perfon to the Eaft-India Chamber to receive my Money and Goods, by Virtue of a Letter of Attorney which I gave him. The Mo- ney that was Due to me from the Company did not amount to more than 4 or 500 Ducatoons, which was all the Fruit of my Labours j except fome con- liderable Eaft- India Goods I had brought over on my 225 ' Mr. FrykeV Voyage my own Account, ' \h I had to Sell: But by that time I had fatisfied my Attorney , my Do- dor, and the two Chirurgions, and defray’d the reft of my Charges, I found my Bag very light My Dodor did not colt me above Forty Dutch Gilders : The two Chirurgions, who were two of the molt famous Artifts in the whole City of fierdam^ had Eighty Rixdollars j They had taken out my two Bullets, and cleared the Bone of a- bove Twenty Splinters, great and fmall: For my Lodging, I paid Two Rixdollars a Week, and had but a very poor Accommodation neither. The Apothecary too came in with a hideous Bill. In ihort, I ftiould have been but in a miferable Con- dition if I had not had Money i And that went after fuch a Rate, that in lefsthan Three Months time I had fpent above 300 Ducatoons. How- ever, I began to recover a little, and my pain was not lharp as before ^ tho’ I could not go or ftand as yet : But as foon as I was able to ftir, I was re- Iblved to continue my Journey, and fet out of this place , and endeavour to get home , what- ever befel me. And in order thereunto I took a Coach to carry me to the Vtrecht-Poort , where I took Boat for Vtrechf, and from thence went to' Nimeguen , and fb palTed through Cleveland to Cologne. By that time I was got hither, I was fo fatigued, that I was not in a capacity of moving any further^ and therefore I was forced to lie- ftill here for near three Weeks ^ during which time, I Ipent a great deal of Money again, and was lb weak that I had hardly any hopes of ever reaching fo far as home ^ ^ nor did any Body think 1 Ihould ever have recover’d. But it pleafed God to Blefs human Endeavours, fo that I recovered a little again ^ upon which I immediately got my felf carried to the Rh.ne, and there went on Board a Ship which carried metoybf(?^,fx-,and thence to Franckfin. Some to the Eaft-Indies. 225 . Some Relations and Gentlemen of my Acquain- tance were fo kind as to come to meet me before I got Embark’d on the Rhine ^ but I was not in a Condition to take notice of them. However, they were fo Civil, as to Convoy me along the Shore. When / was come to Franckfon, 1 Was forced to ftay without the City two days before they would permit me to enter, and the Weather being very Cold, / made but a poor fhift in the Ship all that while : till at length, the Chirurgions came to me, and went themfelves to the Burgher-Mafter ; upon which / was let in to the City that very night, tho’ late. It being hard to get a Lodging in an Inn at that time of night, fome good Friends of mine carried me to a private Houfe, where fome of my Acquaintance came to Vilit me. One of them got me a Coach, which in feven days time brought me to the place where 1 fo earneftly defired to be , the City where / was Born. There / found all my Dear Sifters alive and well, who received me with all the Demonftrations of that fincere Love and AfFedion they had for me, and were extream- ly Serviceable to me. Thus 1 finilh’d my Travels, which had taken up Nine whole years : And by the Faithful Relation which I here give thee of them : Thou mayft not only fee, what Dangers and Difficulties / have been expofed to in fo many various Adventures, but al- fo thou oughteft to Admire the wonderful Goodnefs of God, who fo wonderfully delivers Men, and never forfakes thofe that put their Truft in him. And not being able to Praife him fufficiently my felf for his great and lignal Mercies to me, 1 heartily delire that every thing that hath Breath may Praife the Lord. The Eni of Mr. Fryke’s Voyage. A RELATION VOYAGE To and Thorough the EAST-INDIES, From the Year 1675. to 168^. By Chrijiopher Schewitzer, CHAP. I. The Rife of the Dutch Eaft-India Company. Many go to Indies induced hy a fooU/hho^e ofgrowingRich there. Kidnappers fend many thither. T%e Author’’ s going off from Amfterdam to the Texel. What Ships were fent out. Ice and hard W rather detains them fome Weeks 'in the Texel. Orders given in cafe they meet and Jhould fight with the French. The Allow~ ance disfributed to the Ship’s Crew. They meet with Turkijh Pyrates. Sentence given on a Criminal. The EquinoAial Line. Great Mortality under it in the Shipsi A Remarkable Accident that befel the Author. Northern Pyrates. The Devil’s Mount in Africa Arrival to the Cape of Good Hope. IT is about fixty years fince fome rich Merchants and others in Holland.^ as at Amflerdam., Enck- huifen^ Rotterdam.^ Leyden.^ Delft^ Hoorn^ Mid~ dleburgh^ and Flejffnguen, having joyned Stocks, made Q, up 226 Mr. Schewitzer’^ Voyage up a Company, Rigg’d out fome Ships, and Man- ning them with Officers and Seamen, fent them to the EaB-Indies. They have from time to time mightily increafed their Strength there, and at length made themfelves fo powerful, as to wage War, not only againfl: fome Kings of Eurofe^ as of England and Portugal ^ but to be able alfo to Curb feveral Kings and Emperors of the Eafi-Indies, And hereby they are already become much more Wealthy than fome Kings are, and grow every day greater and greater. The rich Things which feveral Perfons have brought with them out of the Eafi~Indks^ the great Booty which feveral 'opportunities offer to Men, the juft and exad Pay of thofe who are em- ployed in the Service of the Company, on the one lide ^ the defire of feeing ftrange Countries, and the Cuftoms and Manners of People, fo far diftant, on the other, induce many Men to undertake this Voyage: Befides that, there are many Strangers that come into Holland^ who are drawn in by a fort of Kidnappers, to engage themfelves in the Ser- vice of the Company, allured by the hopes of great Profit and Advantage. Thefe Buyers and Sellers of Men, are People that entice Strangers to their Houfes, if they fee they have but little Money, or are in perfed want, or if they come of themfelves through Neceffity, re- ceive them, and provide ’em with Meat, Drink, and Cloaths plentifully, till the Ships are ready to go, and the People Embark j Then each Kidnapper brings his Men, fometimes Ten, Twenty, Thirty, to the Eafi-India Houfe, and there gets them lifted. Some days after this, he receives for each Man, for his Pains and Charge, a Note of a 150 Guldens, and Two Months ready Pay, which the Soldier or Mariner, whatever he be, muft Earn out. And the Note is not paid till it comes to be t)ue in Monthly to the Eaft-Indies. 227 Monthly Wages. An Account of what Pay is due to every one is lent every year out of the Indies to Holland^ and may be feen upon the Books there. But if one of thefe .Men happens to Die ill the Voyage, the Kidnapper loofes all his Charge^ for in fuch a cafe, the Company doth not pay him his Note, becaufe it was not workt out. Thefe Men, to Entice Strangers to go, make them believe llrange Stories of the Indies^ promife them vafl: Things, and are not afhamed to go fo far as to put a Hammer into their Hands to knock the Diamonds out of the Rocks they Ihall meet with. Many of theie poor Fellows Ruin themfelves Body and Soul, by Marrying Indians, and running over from the Chrillians to fome Heathenilh King, when they have Habituated themfelves to their Cuftonis and Manners : Others meeting with untimely Deaths,; amongit Drinking, or other ill Company^ which often happens : Others committing what Colls them their Life by Sentence of fome Court of Jultice, And becaufe thefe Men trapan that fort of People to go a Voyage that commonly proves their De- llruftion, they are generally call’d, Ziel-Ferho^crs or Kopersj that is Soul-Buyers or Sellers. I for my own part was forced , for v;ant of Money, to be fome Weeks at one of thefe Jack-Call’s' Hoiifes for Entertainment, paying a 170 Guldens,' the two Month’s ready Pay being reckon’d in and I was accepted by the Eafi-India Company on the 1 5th of November 1^75. as a Volunteer, and was made Steward of the Ship call’d Aftn: My Pay was 20 Guldens per Month of Dutch Money ^ and 1 was to lerve them five years in the Indies. Upon thefe Conditions, I, with fevefal others^ went off from Amfterdam in a little Smack to the Texel., on the firft: of December 1(575. There the Fleet lay that was ordered to gO to the' Eaft-Indies^ which eonfifted of Five Ships,- viz.: the AJin Ad;^ 228 ikfr. Schewitzer’^ miral, the Macajfar Vice-Admiral, the Vtreck^ the Congeene^ the Tidor : We law befides, a great many Englilh and Dutch Men of War and Merchantmen, that ftaid for a good Wind. The id of December^ I Embarkt on Board the ^fia^ together with feveial others, engaged in the fame Service. The 3d Ditto ^ The Dutch Gentlemen that were Owners came on Board of us, with a very rich little Yatcht, wifh’d us a good Voyage, and -took their leaves of us. The 4th there came a Mufter-Mafter, to fee if all thofe that belong’d to the Ship were in it. There was in ours, the Chief Merchant, the Mailer, the Chaplain of the Reformed Religion, with his Wife and four Children , four Steerfmen , one Book- keeper, five Barbers and Chirurgions, two Mates, two Stewards, two Cooks, two Gunners, four Car- penters, three Coopers, two Sail-Makers, two Quarter-Mailers, one Serjeant, two Corporals, two Under-Corporals, 150 Soldiers, and 93 Fore- mall-Men, nine Boys to Swab the Ship every day, and one Boatfwain ^ the whole number was 297 men. The Muller-Maller having taken a view of all, wilh’d us a good Voyage and a good Wind. The 5th, The Wind blew very llrong ^t North- Well, fo that we were obliged to drop four An- chors at one time, of which each weigh’d 36 hun- dred Pound. The 12th of January The greatell Trou- ; We we had was caufed by the Ice that came againlt : us in great Flakes from the North, and encompafs’d us on every fide, llriking continually againlt our Ship, and did our Cables a great deal of Damage. Therefore our Officers having confulted what to do, refolved. That if the Wind did not change in three days, we Ihould leave Ship and Goods, and go back to Jmfierdam^ with the light VelTels , that the Men as to the Eaft-Indies. 229 as well as Ships might not perifh, as it happen’d 1 5 years ago , when 1 5 founder’d about the fame place. The 13th Bitto^ At Eleven a Clock at Night the Wind changed and blew very fair for us at S. E. upon which a Gun was fired from our Admiral, all the Ships in the Fleet being to be govern’d by it, and was a Signal that every one was to weigh An- chor, and make ready to Sail. The 14th, early in the morning, failed firfl the Admiral, with Flags and Pendants on the Main- maft j after him the Vice-Admiral, with a Flag on the Foremalt and then tlie Vtrecht, wfith a Flag on his Mizen-malt, and then the other common Ships. The r 5 th, An Englilh Filhcrman came to us, and gave us Information that there w'ere 16 French- men of War cruifing near Calais^ with two Priva- teers and two Firelhip.s laying wait for our Fleet; Wefentout immediately a Yatch for true Intelli- gence, which came back to us on the i6th, and brought us word, that the Enemy , was making up to us. I'hen we fell back to the Rode of Duym, and lay under the Cannon of that place, while w’e prepared our felves for Fight, and to Confult what we were to do ; Upon this we had thefe following Orders agreed on. 7. That all Captains, Seamen, and Officers, fhould carefully obferve what Signals and Commands Viiere given by the Admiral, and Obey them punctually. //. That as foon as the Enemy came in fight of us, we fhould draw into the Form of a Flalf- Moon. 777. That if we fhould happen to find a flrange Ship fall’n in amonglb our Fleet, we fhould give the other Ships notice of it by firing off three of our Demy-Cannon. 0.3 7K.In >3© ikfr. Schewitzer’j Voyiige IV. In cafe a Ship ihould be ready to link, it Ihould give notice of it by hanging a I^n- thorn on the Foremafl, if it were night ^ or by hanging out a yellow Flag, if it were day. V. Being the Admiral upon Pain of Death, mult not yield himfelf, nor his Ship, into the Ene- mies Hand the Vice-Admiral was (in cafe of a Fight) to be nigh, and fecond him. VI. The Admiral was to put up two bright Lan- thorns, and the other Ships but one, that they might diftinguifli and follow the Ad- | miral. VII. Upon all Occafions, the Officers and com- mon Soldiers were to behave themfelves j briskly and honeftly, and to obferve very i ftriaiy, thefe and all other Articles relating ' to the Fleet, upon their Peril. The 17th, Welayftill, and a French Privateer came up the Englilh Road, and palTed by our Fleet, ! narrowly viewing it, and ftruck in to Sea again. The 1 8th inllant, in the morning. Our Admiral: Ihot off one piece, and hungup a Blue-Flag for a Signal to hoifl: up Sail^ which was done accord- ingly, with many difcharges of our Cannon in Ho- nour to his Royal Majefty the King of England which were anfwer’d from Dover-C^\Q. The 19th, We faw the French Fleet about a League diftance from us, but when they faw that we were fo ftrong, they did not dare to fall upon us, but made home to Calais. ■ ' On the 20th, We loft fight of England and France. The Sea that lies between them two is call’d the Channel, and is 96 ptiles long. ' After this we came into the Sea of Spain. The. Water ' there looks extreamly blue by reafon of its being |b yaftly deep. About Noon, the Admiral fets uj a white Flag, and fires a Gun, to give notice to al' | Ihe Captains, Mafters, and Stewards, belonging tc ' ■1. - ' t,h(l to the Eaft-Indies. 2^1 the Fleet, to come aboard his Ship, which they did \ and whilft he treated them, and all were mighty merry, the danger of the French coming upon them being over, the Macajfar fell foul on our Ship, and gave us a terrible fhake. The Ma- caffir got a great Hole in her fide by it, but it was eafily ftopt again. Towards Evening, our Gueils went to their refpedive Ships, and the Cannon kept firing all the Night. The 21 th in the morning early, The Ships, that till then kept together, parted, each taking their feveral Gourfe to the Places they were Bound for. Some went to the Wefl-Indies^ others to Smirna^ Spain^ Italy^ and Portugal. We that were bound to the Eafl-Indies.^ being five Ships, kept on to the South-Weft , having a very good Wind at N. N. E. The 22th, Onr Men aboard the were divi- ded into two parts \ the one call’d the Prince’^ the other Count Maurice’ % Qiiarter, one of thefe (Quar- ters was to watch by turns four hours a piece at Night ^ when the Watch on the one fide wanted to be relieved by fome body of the other, twoMen fuiig a Song to awake them. In the Evening of this day. The Rantfoen (as we call it) began, that is, we came to a fet Allowance, which was, to every Perfon three Pound of Bif- ket a Week, half a Pint of Vinegar, a quarter of a Pint of Lisbon Sallad-Oil, and every day a Gill of Brandy ; On fome days we had Stock-Fifh and Peafe boil’d in Water, upon which w'e us’d to pour a little Oil and Vinegar : But the next morning we had a Wooden-Difii full of boil’d Barley allowed to every feven Men. On Sundays, Tuefdays, and Thurfdays, our Dinners was Pork, or other Flefh. From the 23th of January to the 24th of February.^ nothing remarkable happen’d, except that the cold Weather had quite left us ^ And we faw the Fifh (Q 4 fome- 2^2 ikTr. Schewitzer’j Voyage fometimes driving one another to and fro, and particularly the flying Fifti, about the bignefs of a Herring, always in fear of being devoured. The longeft Flights they could take was about a Musket- fliot, and then they were forced to light on the Water to wet their Wings again : By this Flight they elcape indeed from their greateft Enemies , the Dolphins and the Porpoifes ^ but then they of- ten become the Prey of Sea-Birds , call’d Boobys ; Here we faw Birds and Fifhes flying together. The 25 th of February we faw tho’ -they continually Ihot at him with their Ar- rows. Our Mailer order’d him immediately a Glafs of Sack to refrelh him , for he was ladly weaken’d, having been almoll a day and a night in the Water. The 20th, After a Council held. Letters were written to the General Maetz^uycker^ in Batavia \ and I was one of thofe that were order’d to go with them. We failed all the 21th, 22th, and 23th, and arrived happily at Batavia on the 24th, and deli- vered our Meflage and Letters. The 25 th, An Advice-Boat was fent with a Letter to the Fleet at Jappara, to order them to come all back to Batavia, The 25th , A new Ship from Holland arrived here, and brought us an Account, That they had been 9 months a coming , and that 1 8 of their Men died in their Voyage. The 27th, Came another Ship in, which the Hollanders had given over for loll, having been gone from Zealand above 18 months, and they had no News of it all that while. The Ma^er of it told me, They had undergone a great deal of Hardlhip; (which one might eafily fee by the Ship and her Crew.) Amongft other things, he told us. That they had been driven fo far Southward by a continual ’Storm, that their Compafs did ’em no more Service, the Needle turning from one fide to the other irregularly. At lall, they had difcover’d in the night, a high Land, which ap- pear’d to them like Firej but they turn’d their Backs to it, and fail’d fo:, , long j till they came at lall by meer good Fortune,, to get the ufe of their Compafs again, R 4 The 248 M'. Schewitzer’j The 28th, A Ship came from Malacca to Bata- via^ which brought a great many Spiauters and Pellicans of a Purple Colour, as alfo a CafTwari : This is a great Bird that has no Feathers on hisBody, but Hair, like Hog’s Briflles. It will Eat red-hot Coals, Tobacco-Pipes, Iron, and leaden Bullets ^ but doth not Digeil: any of ’em : It hath no Tongue, but makes a Noife as Shrill as that of a little Gofling. Of this Bird we lhall take an oc- cafion to tell you a very pleafanr Story by and by- The 29th, Four Seamen were publickly Beheaded at Batavia^ (which is here the common Death of Criminals) for having killed a Chinefe. At the lame time, fix Slaves that had Murthered their Mailer in the night, were broke upon the Wheel. A Mulatto (as they call thofe that are begotten betwixt a Black-a-Moor and a White) wasHang’d for Thqft. Eight other Seamen were Whipt for Stealing, and running away, and were befides this. Burnt on the Shoulder with the Arms of the EaH~ India Company. Two Dutch Soldiers that had abfented themfelves from the Guard two days, ran the Gauntlet. A Dutch Schoolmaller’s Wife that was caught a Bed with another Man, (it being her frequent Pradice) was put in the Pillory, and Condemn’d to 1 2 years Imprifonment in the Spn~ hays. During the time of Exiecutioh , the Gates of the Fort, and of the City, were Ihuf up, and all the Garriibn in Arms. The 30th, Came 32 Javans, with a Crocodile, 22 Foot long, whiclj they had caught with a great Crook, and brought into the Fort to fhew it to the General, who having taken a view of it, gave the Fellows that brought it 6 Rixdollars for their Pains: So they carried it away again. ' The to the Eaft-Indics. 249 Thesith, A Java : came into Batavia^ and gave an Account of theGeneraFs Huntfman’s being falFn upon by aTyger, and torn in pieces by him. The iff, 2d, and 3d of The Dutch Bur- gers and Soldiers, asalfo the Indian Inhabitants of Batavia^ drew up in the Galge-Feldt^ each by them- felves, and made a very fine fhew. Many of the Indians here ftiew’d their Activity in Leaping, and in exercifing their Arms, viz^. Shields, Bows, Ar- rows, and Pikes. The mofl: remarkable Leaper amongfl; them all, was one Captain Joncker^ who Leapt cleverly over a Dutch-Trooper, that was mounted on a Perfian Horfe. We Hollanders were Polled, ( about the Houfe where our General and the Lords of the Council of the Indies were, with their Wives and Children ) with four Companies under Arms, ready- in cafe the Indians (who were in great numbers) Ihould attempt to Rife or make a Rebellion. This Ihew was made to entertain the ' Heer Kydojf VanGoens^ a Dutch Admiral, that was newly come over, and was then one of the Lords of the Council, and a Ihort time after was made General. 1 The 4th, Twelve Slaves of the Heer Speelman’s one of the Council of India^ run away ^ they had taken a Boat and got to Bantam. The Muller- rnaller of Batavia^ went with fix Servants, all Guinea-Gaffers, well provided with Cutlaces and other Arms, in a Yatch in purfuitof ’em. They I foon met with them, but the Slaves fo well de- fended themfelves, that they kill’d the Muffer- maflrer and all his Company^ and went on to Bantam : where they thought themfelves very fafe, but to their Grief, they found themfelves miftaken j for as foon as they Landed, they were known to be Fugitive Slaves, and feized and fcnt back. On 250 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage On the 7th, All the Twelve were broke upon the Wheel in the place call’d the Gdge-Vddt. The manner of doing it is thus : There are four Pofts drove into the Ground, and Hand out about two foot : To thefe they Tie the Malefador’s Hands and Feet ; Then comes the Executioner with a Bar of Iron, and breaks his Limbs one after the other, and at lafl; gives him one Blow on the Breaft. . The 8th, A Seaman was found in the Square, ( the Dutch call it the Fierkant ) cut moft dreadfully with a Knife. This Square is a very large place, and is fo called, becaule it hath four Angles. It was built by the Englifh about 60 years ago. Af- terwards the Dutch got it from ’em, by this means, (as I am informed, j Some Dutch Ships came clofe to this Square ; Their Admiral begg’d the favour of the Englifli Governour, that he might be per- mitted to bring in his Men, (who were very fick with their long Voyage J for recovery of their Health and for Refrelhment ; which the Englifli Governour generoufly granted out of Pity and CompalTion. The Dutch fent two Boats full of their bell and Itouteft Men, arm’d privately with fuch Weapons as might not be diIcover’d,as Swords, Knives, and Piftols, and with a feigned groaning and grunting, were let in at the Water-Gate ; and being got in, fell upon the Englifli, and flew one part of ’em, and took the oAer Prifoners, and plunder’d, all their Goods, (vid. Van HeflTe’j Ac- count of the taking of Batavia in his Foyagei) Since that time,the City and Fort was built by the Dutch, who have now made it fo llrong both within and without, with Walls and Ditches, (which never are frozen up by reafon there’s no Winter here ) that the place is inaccelfible, and is able to refilt all their Eafl-Indian Enemies. The Fort, with the 4 Baftions, ( which I have given an Account of al- ready) to the Eaft-Indies. 251 ready ) commands all the Streets of the City, the Square, the Water-Gate, and the Road where the Ships lie. The pth. Our Armourer fent Orders to all the Guards, That thofe who wanted Musket-Balls fhould come to the ufual place at 4 a Clock in the After- noon,(after they had been Exercifed,)and fetch 'em. He fent out before-hand, a Box full of 'em by two of his Slaves from the Store-Houfe, and bid them fet it down in the great Court. A while after, coming to give ’em out, he found his Box empty. He runs immediately to our Captain, and com- plains, That the Soldiers had Hole away the Bullets : The Captain fets him Sentinel for his Negligence ^ and then had all the Soldiers fearch’d : But on The loth, They found out that the Cajfwarl Birds fof which we have made mention above) that run all about the Fort, had fwallowed all the Bullets, and dropt them here and there, as they wander’d about, whole and undigefted. Our Armourer was forced for his CareleHhefs, to go all over the Fort to pick up the Bullets that were fall’n, and to hunt the Birds about to make them reftore the reft. The i^th. As an old Chinefe was coming along the faid Fort, with two Veflels of Milk to fell ^ a Peacock that belong’d to the General, feeing him, flew up upon his Head, and had certainly pickt out his Eyes had it not been for fome Slaves that beat him off This old Chinefe had once been the richeft Man in Batavia^ and worth fbrae Tuns of Gold, which he had play’d away at Dice, and loft the very Hair of his Head which was his laft Stake. The 1 2th, I went into the City to a Chinefe’s Houfe to drink a Glafs of their Grafs-Beer, which is made of Sugar, and is very pleafant. There I faw their manner of Eating : Seven of ’em, all Men, fat at a Table by themfelves, for they will not truft themfelves among the Europeans, nor will they 2^2 Mr. Schewitzer’i Voyage they let them fee their Wives: Belldes their Wives, they keep feveral Malleyers^ that are fine Women, tho’ of a tawny Complexion, and broad Nofes, whom they Buy for their ufe. Thefe Wo- men have the liberty of Ihewing themfelves abroad ; Their Mailers lie with them at their PJeafure i but befides thefe Women, they frequently keep Swine for the fame purpofe, and make the fame ufe of ’em. In the middle of the Table flood a very large China Difh, with a great many little ones in it, which were filled, fome with Fifli, and boil’d Rice inllead of Bread ^ fome with a fort of a Mefs made of Citrons, which they call Arfchhar •, and others, with a pickl’d fort of Fruit like our Barberies, which they preferve in Juice of Citrons and Vine- gar. Each Man had a Wooden thing in his Hand like a pair of Tonges, which they ufe inllead of a Fork, to Eat their Meat with. After they had done Eating, they took every one a Whiff of Tobacco out of a Pipe ( which they call Gur-Gur) the Bole whereof is fo large, that it would contain half a Pint of Water. At the time of their Meals, they did not forget their God, which was an Idol made of Wood, and flood very finely adorned upon d Table, with a Lamp burning by it. Him they ferved firfl with their bell Fruits and Meats, and laid it all decent- ly on a Board that flood by for that purpofe. I was fo intent upon obferving them, that I never minded my Drink, tho’ it was excellent, and continually expefted to fee that Devil Eat the Viduals that were fet before him \ but I found, I might have llaid long enough, for he was fo modefl, he would not offer to touch them, fo I came away : For I faw they did not like my Handing fo near their Door to obferve ’em as I did, and they knew me to be a Dutchman. What to the Eaft-Indies. 255 What the Devil did with his Meat afterwards I cannot pretend to give you an account of On the 1 3th, I went to vifit the Rich Chinele. Any European that goes there, is treated very li- berally with as much ftrong Drink as he pleafes j which fort of Drink is Diftilfd out of the Suri that comes off from the Coco-Trees, and they call it Arach The Richeft Chinefe hath all the others under him j and as foon as he hangs out a red Flag, they are all obliged to appear immediately. He furnilhe%alfo all the Dutch Ships With a fufficient quantity of Arad , and Vinegar ^ of which he makes a Bill, which is abated out of their Contri- butions. CHAP. 2 54 SchewitzerV Voyage CHAP. III. I Bats as big as Geefe^ good to Eat^ and efleem^d a great rarity, ui Sentinel kill'd by a Javan drunk and mad with Opium. Great mifchief dMne by the Lightning. Robbers 'very dasigerous^ who are a fort of Dutch Soldiers that have Deferted. Jl Serpent of a dread- ful bignefs being 26 foot long. W %ges of the Officers and Soldiers. The Ship call'd the Slight Utrecht burnt. An F.arthquake in 1 674, that deftroyed part of a very rich If and. What may jufily be judged the Caufes of it. King of Siam’j Prefent to General Maetzuyeker. Elephants taught to ftand firing. Ehe Author goes for Ceylon from Batavia. The Prince’^ If and. Their Allowance at Sea. The Coafi of Sumatra, very unhealthy. Storm and Tempefi. Catching of Sharks. They met with ftrange Men whom they could not underftand. Two Seamen quar- rel and fight with Knives • both of 'em punifh'd., and how. What Hunger and Thirfi they all Underwent in the Voyage. Their arrival before ColumbS. Lions fent to the King of Candy. The Author is fent to the Eort of Galture. THe 14th of Augufi, Came two Javans to Ba- tavia, and brought Twelve Bats as big as Geefe for a Prefent to our General. They are reckon’d there a very delicate Food and I was told, they were brought to the General’s Table as a Rarity, and fit for a great Entertainment. They fly out at Night as ours do, and haunt the Coco- Trees, and there fuck the Suri that lies in the Coco- Nuts, fo long, till they tumble down, and fo are eafily taken up with one’s Hand j in the Day they keep in the Woods and hollow Trees. The to the Eaft-Indies, 255 The 1 5 th, A * Javan that had eaten fome Opium ftruck a Soldier that ftood Sentinel with a half Pike upon the Bridge, between the City and the Fort, with a Poifoned Dart, and kill’d him. This mad Fellow went on with a Defign to fall upon the next Centinel alfo, which ftood next to the Gate j But he being aware of him, prefented the Point of his Half-Pike againft the Javan, who ran furioufly up- on it, and fo killed himfelf. His Body, was, for an Example to the reft, dragg’d about the Gfty by the Executioner’s Men, (who are Caffers of Angola^) and after that Hang’d up upon a Tree by Jacatra. The 1 5th, We had a great deal of terrible Light- ning that fet fire on many Chinefe Ships, and con- fumed them. It look’d all that day, as if the Can- non had been perpetually firing. The reafon of which is. That their Mafts and Ships (Jonchrs as they call ’em) are of Bamboo-Canes, the Knots of which, when the Fire comes to crack them, give a very great Bounce in the Air. The 17th, Two Soldiers and one Seaman de- ferred out of the Garrifon, and went to joyn with the Robbers that dwell on the Blaew-bergh^ that is, Blew-Hill, about 12 Leagues off here. Thefe Robbers are a parcel of Soldiers and Seamen that are run away from the Dutch Service, and live about the Blaerv-bergh with their Wives that are Javans, and much annoy the PalTengers. The 19th, Twelve Javan Wild-Horles were brought over from Bmtmi for a Prefent, to the Heer Maetz^uycker our General. The 20th, Some Javans brought a Dead Ser- pent 25 foot long, before our General’s Lodgings. When the General had feen this dreadful Creature, * See more of him ja Chriftopher Frike^ U7jd Elias Heffe’5 Relation, he 2^)6 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage he order’d it to be carried to bis Phyfician Dv.Kleyer^ who had it cut open by one John Otto Helwigh^ a Saxon Doftor of Phyfick, (that came over with us as a Soldier) and had his Skin ilulF’d up, and kept for a Show. The 21 th. Three Month’s Pay was paid to all the Garrifon, in Money, Silks, Stuffs, Linnen from China^ Shirts, Shooes and Stockings^ inftead of Vicfi^ls here, we are allowed Board-Wages. The Pay R as followeth. A Captain’s, 8o or i co Guldens Month Salary j j 1 o Rixdollars, and 7 Cans of Wine, and two of Oil, | Board-Wages. A Lieutenant’s, 50 Guldens fer Month Salary j and 6 Rixdollars, Board-Wages. | An Enfign’s, 35 Guldens fer Month Salary j and : 6 Rixdollars, Board-Wages. A Serjeant’s, 20 Guldens fer Month Salary j and : 4 Rixdollars, Board-Wages. A Corporal’s, 1 4 Guldens Month Salary^ and 4 Guldens, Board-Wages. And a Private Soldier’s, i o Guldens fer Month Salary;, and 4 Guldens, and 40 pound of Rice, Board-Wages. The 22th, The Vtrecht that was come fbme days i before from the Weftern-Coafts, and loaded with li 400 Lafls of Pepper, was burnt in the Road of ^ Batavia. The Cannon and Anchors were hail’d , 0 up again, by reafon it was not very deep, and all ' ti the Men faved. ra The 23th, Our Major Boolman order’d a lieute- lii nant, with 60 Soldiers, to go with the Afia to the tii Weftern Coaft. 11c The 24th, Two Ships happily arrived before M Batavia \ the one from Siam^ loaden with Spiauter ^ ioi the other from Tamate^ loaden with Cloves, Nut- Ct megs, and Mace. They brought us the News of a hi great deal of mifchief that had happened in Am- tin hoyna, to the Eaft-Indies. 257 h oina2iYAT‘arnate 500 miles Eaftward from Batavia^ by the Earthquakes, that are very frequent there, and commonly every year. Amongft others, a part of an Ifland that was funk by an Earthquake in the year 1674, which at that time was faved, and was very rich in Clove-Trees, was now wholly funk. Thofe that know the way of living here, need not much wonder why that Ifland fhould have fucli fevere Misfortunes fall on it. The Spaniards here- tofore found this Ifland, and feeing it abound fo much in Spices, fortified it with Caftles and Towers, and adorn’d it with Churches,Cloifl;ers, and Schools : But they exercifed an exceflive Tyranny over the Inhabitants. For after they had treated with them and eltablifht themfelves in Peace, the D5n’s car- ried themfelves fo haughtily and cruelly, that if an Inhabitant chanced to meet ’em, and did not go TO or 12 Heps out of their way, and then Hand ftill, till the proud Spaniard was gone by, Simoro made no more on’t, but thrufl him through the Guts with his Cinque-Palm, (a Sword five Span’s long) and laid a certain piece of Money, call’d a Perdm^ upon the Dead Body : After which, the Murtherer was free from any Punifhment, nor was he liable to be accufed or reckon’d a Murtherer. And in this manner they have dealt with abundance of poor Indians upon any flight occafion, and often- times out of a mcer infoient Humour. This Ty- rannical Spanifh Yoke hath been made fomewhat lighter to ’em by the affiflance of the Dutch ^ but • the latter too, often plagued them fufficiently, tho’ not fo bad as the former j and being once become Mafters, turn’d the Churches, Schools, and Cloifters into Warehoufes, Inns, or Taverns, to fave the Charge of Building new ones. To this cxccfiive height of Inhumanity and Irreligion they were come, till in the year 11574. they were overwhelm’d by S an 258 Mr* Schewitzer’i Voyage j an Earthquake, and their Forts, Walls, andHoufes 1 funk, together with a great number of the Inhabi- i tants. The 25th, Two Elephants pafied by our Fort, which the King of Siam^ who keeps his Refidence I in Odea^ fent as a Prefent to General Maetz^uycker ^ I befides 35 hundred weight of Spiauter ; With this. His Requeft was, That we flioiild lend him a Man to make him fome Gun-Powder ^ promifing that he | would fend him back again to Batavia in two years time. I The General received the Prefent, thanking the ■ AmbalTador \ and defired him to return his Thanks | to his Mailer for his Favours, and to tell him. That ; lie would heartily have fulfill’d his Majelly’s Defire, i but that he could not pollibly do it then, becaufe he had but one of them himfelf, which he could by no means fpare j but that he had fome Powder that was at his Majelly’s Service. From the 25th to the 3 1 th. We were obliged to appear every day upon the place where we ufed to ; Exercife, with our Companies, and fire againll two Elephants that were newly come from Ceylon^ which were brought every day to that place, that they ; might Hand firing, and be ufeful in fight. From the ill to the 30th of September, I did not ftir out of the Fort, by reafon of a terrible Head- Ach that feiz’d me, and fuch a terrible one, that it fetch’d all the Hair olF my Head ^ nor was I able to bear the exceflive heat of the Weather. I us’d no other Remedies but Bathing and Refrefliing my felf every night and morning (after Sun-riling and , Sun-fetting) in the Water that runs about the Fort, . tho’ that was very dangerous, by reafon of the Crocodiles that are there. The ill of OElober, Three Companies of the Gar- rifon of Batavia were order’d to Embark in three ^hips, call’d the and Pclran to to the Eaft-Indies. 259 to go to the Ifland Ceylon. They were all to be ready the next day to go off : I being one of the Company that was to go, took my leave of my Friends, and made my Provifion of Fifti, Sugar, Dates, Citrons, and other Neceffaries for my Voyage, The 2d, About 10 a Clock in the Forenoon, each Company went to its appointed Ship ^ We and our Lieutenant ("called Henrick Rentz^enVanOldenhurgh') went to our Admiral-Ship, call’d the Macajfar j In the Afternoon a Mufter-Mafter came to vifit the Ships, to fee whether all the Men were on Board or no. If at any time one abfents himfelf after Or- ders given, and is found on fliore, he is condemn’d to remain in Chains till the Ship in which he was to have gone is come back again. The 3d, early before day. The Mailer order’d the Gunner to fire one piece, which was the fignal for our two other Ships to weigh Anchor, and to hoifl: up Sails. At break of day, (the -Sun riling here all the year round at 6 in the morning, and fetting at 6 at night) we fail’d with a Land-Wind by Bantam : In the afternoon, when we came to have a Sea-Wind, it blew very hard, and quite againll us ; fo we were forced to call Anchor, and lie there Itill, till The 4th, about two at night. The Tide and Land-Wind turn’d for us again, which carried us as far as the Princeh Ifland, where w'e were to take in Wood and frelh Water. The 5th, 6th, and 7th, I went alhore with five Soldiers, well provided with Arms, to defend thofe that cut the Wood, from the Tygers and to Ihoot fome Fowls, fuch as Peacocks and Ducks *, for this Ifland being not much inhabited, does very much abound with all forts of Fowl. The 8th, at break of day. We weigh’d our An- chors, and pafs’d that day through the Road of Sunday and came about the evening into the Sea. S 2 The 2^0 M'.SchewitzerV Voyage The Wind was S. E. and by S. our Courfe lay moH toward the North. The pth, We were divided into two Quarters, for the better regulating the Watch, that every one might know when to Watch, and when to enjoy his Humour : Till this time we had Water to Drink, and Rice enough, but boil’d only in Water. The loth. We had a very favourable Wind, And this day we came to an Allowance, which was. To each Perfbn half a pound of boil’d Rice every day, half a Pint of diftill’d Arach^ and a Pint and a half of Water : Two Pound of Bisket a week, and half a Pint of Vinegar, and half that quantity of Lisbon OiL Sundays and Thurfdays three quar- ters of a pound of Flefh : On Tuefdays a Quartern and a half of Bacon ^ Mondays, Wednefdays, Fri- days, and Saturdays, Gray-Peafe, which we Eat with Oil and Vinegar. The nth, 1 2th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, We had flill a good Wind, and we began to draw pretty near the Weftern CoaR. In the night, about the id Watch, which is between lo and 2 of the Clock, we law a continual Lightning Ihoot through the Clouds, which look’d like a mixture of black and red, and made the molt difmal fight that Man ever ; faw. In the 3d Watch, called the Day-Watch, about 3 of the Clock, we chang’d our Courfe from ,Weft and by North, to North and by Eafl. The idth. It was a very lerene Calm j But on The 17th, 1 8th, and 19th, We had nothing but very unconftant Winds and Weather, and very dark Clouds all about us. ^ The 20th and 21th, We faw neither Sun, Mqon, ^ nor Stars j from whence we concluded that we might | exped a great Storm, and for fear of it we took in. our Sails, and prepared our felves for it. " The 22th, We had a fmooth Gale of Wind at , W^ft; Our Courfe being Northward, we faw con- * tinual to the Eaft-Indies. 261 I tinual Lightning, and heard much Thunder : I was Amazed that it lalled fb long, and I enquired of our Mailer, and of fome of the oldell Seamen, what could be the reafon of it. They told me. That it ' was dark in that Country of Wefl-Knft fix months together ^ that the Country afforded great llore of Pepper, and fome Gold was to be found in the Mountains of it. For that Realbn, the Dutch, af- j ter a long War, had built there fome Fortifications, I and kept Soldiers there, which hold it to this day. i That the Europeans cannot bear the Climate long, it being very unhealthy ^ and unlefs they are fetch’d i away within three years time, they generally Die. I To prevent which, they fend frelh Men thither ! every year. That thofe that Die there are common- : ly taken away fuddenly,as they are Eating or Drink- t ing at Table. Their Food is Rice infteadof Bread, Bufflars Flefh, Beef and Pork, and Filh in abun- dance : Their Drink is Suri that comes from the Coco’s, and Sugar-Beef, 3 <»r 4 years old, which they keep under Ground. The 23th, The Wind blew hard at Well. We faw an infinite number of Filhes, called Springers ; their length is generally about 5 or 7 foot, and about as much ii] thicknefs. Their Flelh is ' v^ery firm ^ they Swim always againll the Wind. ' I When they Leap very high out of the Water (as they did then) the Seamen exped a veiy great Storm and Tern pell. We catch’d feveral of ’em with a certain Inllrument, which they call an Elle~ ? gaer^ llriking it into their Bodies. This night the Polran parted from us, but we could not tell whe- ’’ ther it was done defignedly by the MaRer, or whe- ther it was by the CarelelTnefs of the Helms-Man, whofe turn it was to Watch. The 24th, We were forced to take in our Main- Sail, by reafon of the hard Wind, and defend our S 3 Deck at 262 IWJ". SchewitzerV Voyage Deck all over with pitch’d Canvas from the Waves that were fo boifterous, that they almofl: over- whelmed our Ship. The 25th, 2dth, 27th, and 28th, We had ftormy Winds, but yet fo tollerable, that we made 25 or 30 miles of our way in 24 hours. The 29th, The Wind increafed. ThtTolshroech^ which ftill kept us Company, gave us a Signal, that flie was fo full of Water, that Ihe Hood in need of our help. When we came to be foraewhat near, the Mafter told us. That his Pumps were good for nothing, and begg’d of us to lend him fome of ours, which we did ^ for our Ship was fo ftrong and clofe, that it receiv’d no Water, and we did not want ’em our felves 3 but that night this Companion of ours loft us too. The 30th, We took in all our Sails, and lower’d our Yards, and made our felves ready for a Drift that is, to bind the Helm faft, and commit our felves to the Winds afid Waves to drive us where they pleafed. This Drift we held out in, till The 4th of November^ five days together. Upon Confultation held, we cut down our Main-Maft, which, with the force of its fall, was like to have funk our Ship. " Till that day we had not taken the height of the Sun, fo that we could not tell whither, or how far, we were caft. The 5th, The Wind fell,and changed to the S. E. Then we hoifted up our Sails, and took the height of the Sun, whereby we found that we were clofe by the Equinodfial, and not caft yet away fo far as we were afraid we had been. We failed N. E. and by E. all this Voyage we had that kind of Birds flying about us, that live upon the flying ififhes ^ but upon the great Heat we were now gome into, they left us. The to the Ea/l-Indies. 26 ^ The 5th, We had a brisk Wiud, and from fix in the morning to fix at night we made 20 miles of our W37, and found the next day, being The 7th, That we had pafs’d the Line. Two Soldiers and three Seamen died out of our Ship that day, and were thrown, after Prayers, into the Sea : And we had about 20 fick. The 8th, The Wind changed to the South \ and we were direcdly to go Northward. The Boatfwain’s Mate catch’d a large Shark, in which they found four Boys, and fome Bones of Men. The pth. We faw a little Veflel that made to- wards us j in the afternoon it came near to us, and we were big with the hopes of fome News they brought, but they were all vain ; For our OrUmcn fas we call them that have been before in ihQ hid.es) fpoke to them in the Malleyers^ Ambolnefes^ Cingu- Uifls^ Malabarifh^ and Maldavijh Languages, but neither would do •, and they anfwer’d us in a Lan- guage that none of us could tell what to make of-, but they made us to underlland by Signs, that they were in great want of Drink ; Our Mailer had their Vellel boarded, and in it we found 24 Indians, with long Hair ty’d up on the left fide of their Heads. They had with them 12 Muskets, fome Gun-Powder, and Iron-Balls j pretty good Ilore of Rice, Pepper, and dry’d Filh, but no Vv^ater. , We fuppofcd them to be fome Indian Robbers come'’ from the IVeft-Kust^ and drove thus far into the Sea by the late Storm. Our Mailer order’d them to be taken into our Ship, together with their Provifions, and we drew their Velfel along after us, ty’d with a Ilrong Rope to our Ship. We allowed them Bread and Water, and we made them Pump the Water out of our Ship, and Swab it. The loth, nth, 12th, and 13th, The Wind continued diredly for us at South, we going on ftill Northward. S 4 On 2^4 Mr. Schewitzer’5 Vo^^Age On the 14th, We changed our Gourfe to the N. W. and by W. the Wind kept where it was, but fomething weaker. This day one that fate on the Foremaft, holding by a Cord, the Cord broke, and he fell down Dead into the Ship. The 1 5 th, We obferved, that the Water begun to change colour j at night we ufed the Plummet to found the Water, but we could find no bottom, tho’ the Line was 200 Fathoms long. The 1 6th, The Water changed yet more, and feemed whitifli ^ we made our Anchors and Cables ready, if occafion Ihonld be, to ufe them. The 17th, Our Mailer promifed fix Rixdollars to the firll Man that Ihould fpy Land, and a Flag- gon of Wine. The 18th, We had a lovely Wind and good Sailing. A Seaman that flood on the out-lide of the Ship to draw up Water, waswalh’d of by a Wave. We immediately tack’d our Ship, and back’d ,our Sail^, and threw out our Long-Boat to go and take him up ^ which they did, and in about two hours time brought him fafe to us. ^ The I f)th. We had a very fair Wind and fine Weather. Two of our Seamen quarrel’d, and fell at lall to their Knives, and wounded each other. As foon as the Mailer knew of it, he had ’em both Duck’d from the Main-mall, as wilful Tranfgref- fors of the Laws of the Ship. The 2oth,' about 6 in morning, our Boatfwain, a very expert Seaman, climb’d up the Main-top- gallant-Mall, which is the highell part of the Ship*, no fooner had he look’d about him, but he cry’d out aloud. Land, Land ; The Mailer ask’d him, which way, and he told him to the North-Eall ; flreight we changed our Couffe from North Well thither. The Helmfman threw out the Plummet, pud found a fandy bottom at 80 Fathoms. In the after- to the Eaft-Indies. 265 I afternoon we got fight of the high fireep Mountain, paird Adamh Pich, and by that we knew that this was the place we wanted to be at, viz. the Ifland Ceylon. Towards night we changed our Courfe again to the Eaft, and fometimes to 'the E. and by N. for we had no mind to be near Land that night, and we could not have reach’d the Road that day. In the firll Watch, betv/een 6 and i o, we could feel ground flill, but in the 2d and 3d we could not. The 2ith, in the morning, at break of day. We chang’d our Courfe jagain, and went diredly to- wards Land lying South-Eaft of us, with the Wind at S. W. About I o a Clock before Noon we law the Ships that lay at Anchor upon the Road by the I City of Columho. In the mean while, the Wind i veer’d four Points more to the W. and fo much the I fitter for us. About Noon, we felt a fandy ground at 40 Fathoms, but we kept Sounding ftill, till wc were quite out of the deep, and in full fight of the Land. This day every one had plenty enough of boil’d Rice, and the Water Veflels were free to any body. We had fuffer’d a great while Hunger and i Thirft, notwithftanding that we had Courfe Diet enough, and above 40 Barrels of Dutch and Bata- vian Water. The Soldiers now begun to Equip themfelves, to make a fliew at their ' Landing, and drefs’d.themfelves very fine with great Joy and Sa- tisfadion. Their Arras, which till then had been kept up in the Gunner’s Room, were delivered to ’em, to go out Arm’d, as is ufual, to Shore. All our Flags were out till about three in the af- ternoon, when we call our Anchors, and found ftill 1 2 Fathom Water. The Gunner was ordered to fire one Gun, and one Seaman was to ftrike our Admiral’s Main-maft Flag before the City of G?- hmbo., but immediately again to fet it up. After this, we fired all our Guns, to which the Fort of 266 Mr, Schewitzer’/ Fcjage Columho anfwer’d with feven of their Cannon. The Governor of this City feat two great Sloops of Ceylon to fetch us afhore j in which our Lieutenant and Men went up to the Governor’s Houfe, who welcomed us all very heartily, and gave all our Men three days liberty to refrefh themfelves after their hard Voyage. The diftance between Columho and Batavia, is about 5.00 Dutch miles, which we had reach’d in 49 days, from the 3d of October to the 2lth of November. ' The 22th, I went to Board with an old Gngulaijh Woman, becaufe Ihe could fpeak a little Dutch 3 and Ihe got her living by keeping a Houfe to enter- tain the Dutch, of which Ihe had generally 20 or 30 in her Houfe. I paid 1 5 j. a Month, and 40 pound of black Rice. We had every one his own Dilh, ferved up with Flclh, Fifh, Figs, and fuch like Diet, twice every day, at 8 a Clock in the morning, and 4 in the afternoon. Our Houfe was only a Hut, made up of Boughs of Trees. And here I met with three of my old Acquaintance 3 who. On the 23th, took me Abroad to a very large Orchard, call’d Tang Salgato^ where we drank fome Sury frelh from the Coco-Trees. This was in the morning, and about noon we befpoke a hot fort of Liquor, called Maffack,, which is made in the fol- lowing manner. They put into a VelTel 8 Quarts of 5m, and to that, one Qiiart of Arack or Brandy. All this boil’d together, and about 20 or 25 Eggs are broke into’t, which gives it fubftance, and a good colour. Then they add to all this fome Kings Sugar., (which they get from fome certain Trees there) and fome Nutmeg, and Mace: All this came to half a Rixdollar. We had fome Wo- men to wait upon us, which they call BulUatofes^ | who diverted us with various Leaping and Dancing. | Their Ears are about a Span long, with Golden! Pendants in them 3 They faw by my Drefs, that I was I I 'c I f I til in iiitf Mi Fru: ofl to the Eaft-Indies. 267 was newly come from Europ ^ and I found they had a great mind to Converfe with me, but I not underftanding them, made them underftand by fliaking my Head, that I did not Care for their Company. The 24th, We took a waik about two or three miles out of Columbo^ to fee fome tame Elephants that were kept in Orchards there. And having feen them, we went into the Houfe which belong’d to a Portuguefe, who treated us very nobly ; and at night had us home upon an Elephant of his. This ‘day an Ambaflador, named Myn Heer Bncquol^ was fent from Ceylon^ with a Lion, for a Prefent to the king of Candy. From the 25th to the 30th, Our Men were daily Exercifed, and at night our turn began to be upon the Guard, where my Poll obliged me to be, till The 25th of Ayril i6yy. which was five months, in which time I learned the Cingulailh and Portu- guefe Languages, finding them not only ufeful, but neceflary to thofe that are to llay there. The 22th, I was fent with 30 Soldiers to the Fort of Gdture., 8 Leagues from Columbo., to have fome new Ramparts added to it. Of this Fort I intend to fpeak by and by, defigning now to give an Account of the Cities, Inhabitants, Cattle, and Fruits of the Ifland Ceylon.^ as far as I could obferve of them while I Raid there. CHAP, 268 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage CHAP. IV. A Defcription ef the Ifle of Ceylon, its -Cities^ Forts, and Inhabitants, which are chiefly of two forts. An Account of the King of Candi’j Court, Officers, Counfellors, and his other SubjeBs : Their Cufioms, Manners, Religion, &c. Their Houfes over-run with Fleas and Pifmires Their manner of Eating and Trading. The King of Candi’j Cruel Tyrant. The Cingulayans Cufloms in War Their Arms and Exploits. The other Inhabitants of Ceylon are Ma- labar ians, who are Sub jells of the Dutch : They Wor- Jhip the Devil, Crocodiles, Serpents, &c. Their Burials. The Dutch took Columbo, and other Ci- ties of Ceylon from the Portuguefes, dtid the King of Candi, tho^ he had help’d them againB the Por- tuguefes. The King of Candi’j Refentment of it to this very day. Unhealthy Climate of this Country. TH E Ifland Ceylon is about 200 Dutch miles in compafs. It lies in the Indian Sea, not far from the Maldivian Iflands, and the Wild Coaftsof Cormandel and Malabar. It was found out about 200 years ago by the Spaniards, who invaded the Kingdom of Cotta, which the City of Columbo be- longs to, in this following manner. They came with two Ships, and landed at the place, where now is : The Cingulaifh King, being informed of it at Cotta, came out with an Army to meet them, but in vain^ for his Men could not abide the fmell of Gun-Powder. The Spaniards fell to Building fome fmall Fortifications, and to fettle themfelves in the Country : As foon as they were able to get fome AlTiftance, being well pleafed with the Land and their Succefs, they carried to the Eaft-Indies. ' 269 carried on the War not only againft the faid King of Cotta^ fo as to beat him out of the City where he refided, and lay it wafte, (as it is now to this day, a place where the wild Elephants are catch’d) but in time reach’d farther ; and at laft, of feven Kings that had poirelTion of this Ifland, they de- ftroyed fix. But the feventh, who refided at Candi^ in the middle of the Ifland, being vex’d to fee with what Tyranny they ufed his Subjefts, begun to car- ry on a War very vigoroufly againfl; them, and con- tinually Plagues the Cities and Forts, which they had built on the Sea-fick, and for about 20 miles into the Land. How this Country fell from the Spaniards to the Portuguefes, and from the Por- tuguefes to the Dutch , I will give an Account 'hereafter. ■ ^ Their chief Fortifications, are, the City and Ca- llle of Cohimho ^ eight Leagues Eaflward of that lies the Fort Negombo • 20 miles further, the Fort Cd- pntin j again, 22 miles from thence, another call’d Arisen \ and between thofe two, the Taerl-Bmk^ heretofore fo famous : Six miles further, a very ftrong Fort on the Ifland of Manara^ very fruitful, and feven miles in compafs. This Ifland of Mmara is divided from Ceylon by an Arm of Salt-Water, about a Cannon-lhot wide. JnfnapaparnHm^ a for- tified City, lies 22 miles dillant from Manara^ and is fecured with Baftions, call’d by thefe Names, Pas- Piil^ Pas-Befchatter^ Pas-Elephant^ and Punt de Pedre, Six and thirty miles farther, is the Fort called Tr/w- conamale^ built by the Dutch againU the French. This Fort the French had taken Poffelfion of j as alfoof the Bay, where Ships ride very fafe,^ under the Command of Monfieur de la Haye^ as Viceroy, till the Dutch drove them away again. There is another Fort call’d Battacolo 40 miles from that. Thence to Punt de Gala 30 miles. Thence to Alecan ■ II miles. Thence to 5 miles. Thence round back again to Columho 6 miles. The 270 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage The Defcription I have given here of thefe oiit- ward Fortifications, makes the Circuit of this Ifland to be in all 2o5 miles. The Inland Fortifications, are ^ MdumeyS Leagues from Columho ^ Hangnelli or Gourwebell^ 2 Leagues from Mdvme \ Sittawaca 4 miles farther ^ Rnenell alfo 4 Leagues farther j Sajfrigan and Bibliogam, 8 Leagues from Rnenell : And 1 2 Leagues on this fide of Colnmbo^ you have Angnradotten and Caudingellen^ lying upon two Rivers that run out of the King of Candds Country, very rich in precious Stones. The Ifland of Ceylon hath chiefly two forts of In- habitants. Thofe of Columho^ from Columbo to Ga- la^ are called Cingnleefes or Cingddans. They are very well fhaped, part of a black, and part of a yellowifh Complexion. The Men have long ftreight Hair, and wear their Beards very large, like the Suifiers. They are generally very Hairy upon their Breafts, and they are very proud of it. They wear a piece of Linnen about their middle, from the Na- vel down to their Knees : But they make a very great diftindion of their Apparel, according to their Dignity, and Quality. Their King drefleth himfelf as he pleafes. His Cap i^ of Silk, wrought with Gold about a yard high, with a great Carbuncle before, and Rubies and Saphires all round about it, and at the top a Bird of Paradife. His Shirt and Waftcoatismade of the finefl: Cotton, with Golden Buttons, and he wears a Garment of colour’d Silk, that goes 4 or 5 times round his middle, and hangs down to his Knees. His Stockings are faftned above his Knees with a firing, whereon is faftned a filver Plate as large almoft as a Trencher. His Shoes are only Leathern Soles with firings, one of which comes up between his Toes, and the other comes round his Foot, and ties the Sole fall to it : And all thefe firings are fet out with Saphires and Rubies. He wears to the Eaft-Indies. 271 wears a Sword clofe under his right Arm, tied to a Silk Ribbon : It is very heavy, being in a mafTy Silver Scabbard *, it is made like a Hanger, and about a yard long ^ the Handle is ordered with fine precious Stones. On his left fide, between his Shirt and his Waflcoat, he wears a long Knife, befides his Sword, inlaid with Gold and Jewels, and by that a lharp Pen, (wherewith they write upon Leaves of Trees) in a Silver Sheath. Thofe of his Council, called Vlfare^ and hi.s Ge- nerals , may alfo wear Silk, Gold and Silver, but they are not permitted precious Stones for Orna- ments ^ and it is as much as their Lives are worth, to offer or pretend to wear any of "em, tho’ they are of little or no value ^ Nor do they dare fo much as take up one of them when they find them any where •, and the greateft, as well as the meaneffc Perfons throughout all the Kingdom, are equally obliged to the Obfervation of this Cuftom. His Corals^ which are Governors over fome one Cord or County, may wear Silk, but neither Sword nor Stockings. They wear a Staff tipt with Silver, with the King’s Arms on it ^ they wear a fort of Slipper or Shoe made of Wood, mighty neat, and very curioufly wrought. Next to thefe Cords^ the Apohami or Nobles are rank’d ; They go dreft as the Cords^ excepting that they may not tie, like them, the Caps they wear on their Heads. Thefe are to be known, when they come into the City, by their having a Slave always behind them to carry a Tdpot Leaf after them, which ferves as an Umbrello when it Rains. The next in Rank are the Scriveners and Hus- bandmen, who Manure the Fields of Rice. They inuft wear nothing but Linnen, no Swords, Shooes, . Stockings, nor Caps, only a Knife they may, and an Iron Pen. Their Wives, and thofe of the above-* named Perfons may have their Garments from a, handful 272 Mr. Scliewltzer’j Voyage handful above the Navel down to the Ground 5 but nothing upwards, but a fliort Bajuvan^ as they Name it, which doth not come fo low as to cover their Breafts. After thefe, are the Handicrafts-Men, as Car- penters, Goldfmiths, Blackfmiths, Potters, Bar- bers, Burners of Chalk, &c. Thefe and their Wives may wear a Linnen Garment from the middle downwards, and fet out their Ears with Goldi After them are the Trivitors^ who gather the Drink from the Trees and boyl the Sugar; TfchalUiit that peel off the Cinnamon : The Fifhermen and the Laferins their Soldiers: Mainets their Wafhers : Borrowayen, their Drummers : Cubin, who are a fort of People that will carry People where they pleafe for Money : the meaneft of all are the Batins and Zahies • Thefe may not lay them down upon the Ground, but muft always have a Fan with them to lie in ; Nor are they permitted to lie under any Roof. All their Women are obliged to go Naked all upwards upon pain of being whipt. To give you a Specimen of the CingMlaijh Lan- guage, they exprefs their numbers thus : t Eckai. 2 Deccai. 3 Dunai. 4 Hattarai, 5 Paurai. 6 Halai. 7 Hattai. 8 Attai. 9 "^ahahai. 10 Dahahai. 11 Eccollahai. 12 Dollahai. 13 Dahattunai. 14 Dahattarai. 15 Pahallohai. 20 Wilhai. 30 Dihai. 40 Hattalifhai 50 Pafwichai. 100 Sihai. But it is to be obferved. That here are DiverlTty of t Dialefts, as in the feveral Provinces of other Coun- t tries, and lb the Inland Cingularians differ from the t Borderers ^ which makes Rob. Knox in his Defcription of Ceylon., give a different Account ^ and generally R writes with an 0 , what I put down with an a; : 1 as Echoi., Dechoi, Tmhoiy tintterhoi., PaMoi., Hoyhoi. t « Their 1 to the Eaft-Indies. 271 Their Salutation is in thefe Words, Deo voardende Sacradende Neinde ^ and is anfwer’d with the fame, both clapping their Hands to their Foreheads. IVhither go yoH^ Gaudi Januade. I don’t know^ Dnt- Toanetti. Fire^ Genere. Water, Dhvere. They write upon the Leaves of Sugar-Trees-, when they read, it is with a very unpleafant Accent, and Very long Tone, as if they fung. They write to each other on thefe Leaves, which are about an Ell long, and two Inches broad, and can fold them up fo artifici- ally, that none can open them, without difcovering that they have been open’d. They teach the'r Children to write upon the Sand or Ground with their Fingers. As to their Religion, they believe. That God, whom they call Deine , governs in Heaven , and that the Devil governs on Earth. Wherefore they Religioufly ferve him, giving him the Name of Jade • and that not only by Offerings, and Songs in their Temples, but with Meetings in the Fields, under a fort of Tree, which I cannot compare to any Tree fo well as a Lime-Tree. There is a Wall built round it of about half a Man’s height j Here they Dance, Leap, and Sing, to his Honour : He comes to them in their Dance, and gives them Anfwers to their Queltions about things to Come: As whether it fhall be a plentiful Year, dry, or wet, and other things of this kind. The Soothfayer too, that receives the Anfwcr, hath great Honours paid him. But becaufe the Devil torments him too much, they are forced to carry him away home. They believe , That thofe that Die are turn’d into a BufBar, wherefore they give the Bufflars the name of ^fetie, which fignifies Father ■, and to the Cows, that of Amme, which fignifies Mother. When the mean illiterate People (who cannot Read) have a Child Born, the Father Plants a young Jacken or Jager~TvQQ by his Houfe, by which he can reckon up the Child’s Age. I have been at forae of T thefe 274 Afr. SchewitzerV Voyage ^hefe Men’s Houfes to Buy Goods, and happen’d to ask the Age of fome of their Children that came about me, and they ftiew’d me a Tree, and told me, he was of the fame Age with that. But they have there a Proverb, the curfed Allulion of which they verifie in earnefl, which is. That it is fit a Man fhould Eat the firft Fruits of the Trees they Plant fo the Father always deflowers his Daughter as foon as file is come of Age. They have a New-Year’s Feftival, which lafls fix weeks, and begins about our Eafier. In the firft three weeks they walh themfelves every day •, the other three weeks they pafs away in Singing, and all kind of Mirth. . Their dwelling Houfes are made according to the conveniency of the Country^ fome are near one another, after the manner of our Villages, which they call Aldee?7. Others Hand by themfelves upon fome rifing Ground, to be fecure from the Water, which fometimes rifes very high, by reafon of their great Rains : They are cover’d with Leaves of Trees. There is commonly but Room where they Eat and Lie, and another to Drefs their Viduals in, which they befmear every week with Bufflar’s Greafe, to free themfelves from Fleas and Pifmires. Their Money they generally Bury in a Pot under the Hearth, or fometimes under the Devil’s Tree, in thp Field, where it is Sacred. Their Viduals is Rice boy I’d inftead of Bread, and what they Eat with it, is made of all kinds of Herbs, Roots, Fruit, dry’d or frefli Filh, which they Boil with a deal of green Pepper, or elfe with the Milk that comes from the Goco-Nuts. Every one takes his fhare of Rice upon a Fig-Leaf, (inftead of a Plate ) and takes his other Meat, and mixes^it together with his Hand, and fo Eats it. They walh their Hands and Mouths very clean Ijefore and after Meals. They chaw Betel all day which to the Eaft-Indies. 275 which they prepare after this manner. They take 'One or two of the Leaves, about as broad as one’s Hand, they call them Bular : They grow all round about, againft Fruit-Trees, as Ivy does. Then they take fome very fine Chalk, made of fmall Muflel- fhells burnt, and of it they Icatter about as much as will lie on the top of a Knife over thofe Leaves, and then rowl them up, and put into the middle a fourth part of an Arel^ which is a Fruit like a Nutmeg j and to this Compofition they give the Name of Betel^ which they keep continually in their Mouth : And this is to prevent the Scurvy. They Smoak Tobacco too, not out of Pipes, but wound up in a dry Leaf. In their Trade, like other Nations, they love to Buy as cheap, and Sell as dear, as they can. They have no particular Traffick amongfi: them, dealing almolt all in the fame Goods. One thing which feemed mighty Itrange to me, was. That when 1, or other Europeans came to Buy any fuch things, as Butter, Pepper, Sugar, Honey, Figs, Fowls, Rice, &c. and ask’d them if they had any j they ufed to fay Netti^ which is to fay. No. So that we were forced to give them very good Words, and infinu-> ate our felves into their favour, by giving their Children fome Tobacco,or fome little Trifle ; Then they would ask their Children, even the fmallefl: of ’em, whether they had belt Sell any thing to thefe Perfons j and according to their Anfwer, they either fold to us, or refufed us, and would not have fold us any thing without their Confent, tho’ we would have paid ten times the value of their Goods. When they had fold us any thing, and received their full Price, they would beg of us, that we vvould give them fome of it again, tho’ at the fame time they were well flock’d with the fame Com- modity,, Mr. Schewitzer^ Voyage | Theft, tho’ but inconfiderable, is punifhed with ] Death. All their King’s Commands mufl pun- ftually be obferved upon Pain of Death j and that | not of the Perfon only that hath TranfgrelTed, but ! of his Kindred, to a third Generation. This King of is a very cruel Tyrant. Some Europeans, that had been Prifoners at his Court for above 20 years, have told me, That he had order’d no lefs than 300 in fome years, to be drawn in pieces with Elephants, for a very fmall Fault, or fometimes a meer Humour. We will now give you fome Account of their Military Exploits and Difcipline. They have a Ge- neral, which they call Dijfave •, next to him fome Saudis. Then the Araski.^ which are as Captains over 20 or 30 men each, with an Enfign. Their Artillery is only a fort of Muskets, which ftand upon a frame with three Feet, of which the hind- moft is broad, and Ihorter than the two foremoft : Having no Lead, they fhoot with Iron Bullets. Thefe Muskets , the Nobility , which ferve the King, carry with ’em in fights. They come into the Field, 30, 40, or 50000 : flrong, all barefoot. Their Arms area heavy Iron I Cimiter about a yard long, and a light Half Pike, hi Few have Muskets or Fire-Locks ; or if they have, 0 they do little Execution with them j tho’ they have never fo much room to draw up, yet they never pe advance but in Angle Ranks, for fear the Hollanders Ihould take too many of them off at once with their flf Field-Pieces. Their Drummers are very much itis defpifed, being taken out of a fort of People, ftho’ crj Cingdaians too) that live upon Bufflars Flefh, and the Flefli >of any kind of Bealls. They call them Dii Borrowayen. They tie to their Body , two little Bm forts of Drums call’d Tamelins , others have but 1 diei one of' ’em, but then it is bigger. They beat di-. Civ Hind Marches, with a great deal of Art, and the tie to the Eaft-Indies. 277 Soldiers underlland them very well. They beat morning and night, but differently. Their Pipers ufe both a ftraight and a crooked fort of Pipe, and make pretty Mufick with them both together. Any Dutchmen, that are taken by thefe People, are never to be Ranfom’d at any Rate ^ but muft remain amongft them in great Slavery all the days of their Life j and all the ways are fo Itriftly guard- ed, that there is no efcaping by any means. The Dutch that fometimes defert us, and go over to the King of Candi^ are maintained in Necellaries, but are not trufted in any Employment. The other fort of Inhabitants of this Ifland, are thofe of Gala Batacolo^ Trinconomala^ ^afna-^ataarn^ Manara^ Ari^en^ Calpimi??^ as far as Neaomho j and are called Malahars. Thefe are all very well lhaped, and very black. They are all under the Govern- ment of the Hollanders, except thofe of w'ho have a King of their own. But he is obliged to pay to the Eaft-hicLa Company a yearly Tribute of ma- ny Elephants, and Money befides. Malahars covaQ originally from the Wild Coaft of Malabar^ lyii^g by Manara^ and from the .Kingdoms of the great Samerw^ Calicut.^ an av or ^ and others. They are all Infidels, and of different Opinions. Some of ’em, who are call’d FitUipat- s^,li or Joofie^ Worfhip the Devil ^ others, a Ser- pent, a Crocodile, or an Elephant, and commonly what they pleafe themfelves. They neither Eat the Flefh of Bufflars, nor Swdne. They hire old Wo- men to Mourn over their Dead a whole night, and cry over the Corps all the time : Ajo aniate^ ariate^ ingimarre^ which is as raucb as to fay, Why did you Die, Come, come live again, &c. Then they Bury him, and leave the Hmt out of which the Man died, and build another. They are a little more Civil than the Cingalaians^ and their Drefs is a lit- tle more comely. The Women never let them- T 3 felves 27B M*. Schewitzer’j Voyage felves be feen uncovered by the Chriftians. When they go abroad, they are all covered with white Linnen, and fo clofe, that they can but juft fee their way with the corner of one Eye ; Their Arms and their Legs are all adorned with Silver Rings, and their Ears, about a Span long, with Gold : Their Fingers and Toes too are all richly fet out with fe- yeral forts of Rings, mofl of Silver and Gold. Their Numbers are ; i Onera^ 2 Renda, 3 Muna^ SfTSIala^ 5 Anfe^ 6 Ara^ 7 Ola^ 8 Orta ^ 9 Otta^ t O Radda^ 1 1 Paddom, 1 2 Padda-renda^ 1 3 Padda- mma^ 14 Padda-nala^ 15 Padda-anfe ^ &c. The manner of their Salutation, is. Laying their Hand on their Fbrehead, and faying Damrian Amadran^ which is returned the fame way. They write like- wife upon Leaves of Trees with an Iron-Pin, and make whole Books of ’em. We will now give you fome Account, How the Hollanders came to Con- quer thisGouritry,and make themfelvesMafters of it. I have already told you, how it came to be in the Power of the King of Sfain^ and fortified by the Spaniards : It remained a great while in their Hands, till the Portuguefes Rebelling in Sfain^ chofe a King to themfelves, with whom all the Spaniards that were in the Eafi-hdies, joyn’d. And thus the King of Spain loft all his Pretenfions in thofe Countries, which was no fmall lofs to him. The Portuguefes would be improving their Conquefts, and try their Strength againft the King of Candi^ and thought by Fire and Sword, and their barbarous Slaughters and Murthers, to frighten him out of his Kingdom, but all in vain. For the King of Candi^ finding hirafelf in a great Extremity, call’d the Dutch to his Affi“ ftance -j who together fell upon the Portuguefes, and became at length Maflers of all their Gties and For|;ifications above-named. The lafl that was Be- fieged by ’em, was the Capital City of Cdnmho '^ which is about 28 years ago. ' to the Eaft-Indies. 279 The King of Cmdi was now free, and had an Army of 50000 Men. The Dutch General on the other fide, ( call’d Min Heer VanAer Hdft) had an Army of 1 2 Companies of 80 Men each, together with a Fleet of 8 Ships. Both thefe, tho’ the one a Heathen, and the other a Chriftian, agreed very well together, put things into very good Order, and made a Treaty i That when the City oi Co\nmho^ both the old and the new, flioLild be taken, the King fhould have the Old one for his Refidence, and the Fort Negomho^ lying 8 Leagues from thence, towards the Kingdom of Candl^ in his full PolIeR fion : The Dutch for their part fhould have the new City of Columho without any Moleftation, with all the other Fortifications they were already pofTeffc of \ and befides this,fliould have Priviledge to Trade in any part of the Kingdom whatfoever with its Inhabitants. The City of Columho being taken at lafl by the Dutch Admiral Ryclof Van Goens^ (the above-men- tion’d Heer Vander Hidfi Being fhot Dead in the Trenches) and by the Afliflance of the King’s Forces, who did not fufped any Falfhood after the Treaty made. The Heer Van Goens^ having ga- ther’d together the King’s Army under pretence of giving them a Treat, and the Streets being filled with them, he fets all his own Men upon them, (for what Reafon 1 cannot tell) who cut the bell part of them in pieces, and put the reft to flight. The King, whom they thought to have taken Pri- foner, made his efcape upon his Elephant, and got over high Mountains, Rocks, and WildernelTes, and at lafl into his Kingdom of Candi^ where being fecure, he fwore never to forget the Falfnood and Treachery of the Chriflians, but to continue in a perpetual War and Enmity againit them. sSo M;^.Sche\vitzerV Voyage And in that he hath fo conftantly kept his Refo- lution, that in thefe 28 years, he hath taken Pri- foners, and put to Death fome thoufands of them. Therefore this Ifland of Ceylon is not unjuftly call’d the Dutch Soldier’s Slaughter-Houfe ^ and when they are commanded thither, they reckon them- felves going to Execution. For the Cingdai^ Sol- diers or Inhabitants are not the only Enemies they have there, but the Blood-Suckers, or Hedge-Hogs, which the Ground is cover’d with after a Ihow’r of Rain, will fuck the Blood out of ’em : Befides this, there are other Dangers ^ which are, Firlt, Being very often Pinch’d with Hunger ^ and then the Unwholfomnefs of the Air, by which thofe that are not ufed to the Climate, fall into many Diftem- pers. Some are feized with a Stiffhefs in their Limbs, others with a Dizzinefs and Swimming of the Head, and cannot endure to look on the Light. Others are killed by the Bloody Flux ^ and with thefe Diftempers, I have feen more Soldiers at one time in the Holpital than in the Garrifon : Befides many others, who in purfuit of their Luftful De- |iresj deftroy themfelves by Venereal Diftempers, CHAP, to the Eaft-Indies. 281 CHAP. V. Giving an Account of the fundry forts of BeaFls^Fowls^ds^C. that are in Ceylon j a more f articular one of the Ele- phants^ concerning which^ 7nany things very wonderful are attefled^ ufon the Authors own Experience. T'he manner of catching them^ their peculiar Oualities^^c, Wtld-Bufflars^ Tygers^ Bears^ Jackalls , Bitfche- Vergunie.^ or the Devil of Negombo, very rare ^ Levers a lazy fort of Beafi , Wandura or Apes. Wildcats. And many other forts of Beafis. Of Fowls j Parrots^ Batts., &C. Crocodiles., will live. ^00 years. Different forts of Serpents ^ ofPifmires^ Blood-Suckers ^ Sword-Fifhes •, Sharks ^ Sail-Fijh j St. Peterb Fifh j Sea-Swine ^ Sea-Devils j Tortoifes. The manner of the Malabarians Fifhing with their Netts. I Come now to give a fliort Account of the Wild and Tame Bealls that are in this Ifland of Ceylon. Among the Wild ones, I will fpeak firll of the Elephants. They are finer and more Docile than in other Countries. Therefore they catch a great many of ’em, which they make Tame, and fit for War, and feud them to the Kingdoms of Perfia., Surrat., the Great Mogul., and feveral other places ; and the Dutch themfelves make ufe of them in the Field. I have been very curious in Searching into the Nature, Difpofition, and Qualities of thefe Ele- phants i and for that purpofe converfed much with thofe that Catch them, when they are young, and have my felf help’d to catch ’em. I have found in them all a great deal of Cunning, and a good Me-^ piory, in which they feem to be almoll Rational Crea- 282 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage Creatures. They never forget a Mailer’s kind Ufage ^ but that of a rough and cruel one, they on the other fide, never leave unrevenged. They never Couple together in the fight of Men, but firJl they fearch round about the Wildernefs to fee if no Body is there hidden in any Tree to fpy ’em ^ and if they find any, woe be to them. The Male hath his Tefticles inwards, and the Female gives Suck between her fore Legs. When they are Catch’d and Tame’d, they ne- ver Couple together. They carry their young ones feven years, and this has often been manifeft by the Wild She-Elephants that have been taken , and kept in the Stables which they have for ’em at Gda^ and have brought forth their young at feven years end, after they were catcht. The young ones are, at firlt, about thebignefs of a Calf half a year old. They feed on Graft, Figs, Leaves, and Coco-Nuts, Rice, and other Fruits, and Bread if one gives it them. This they reach and hold fade with the end of their Trunk, and then thruft it into their Mouths. Before they Eat any Grafs, they throw it and toft it about, to lhake out the Pifmires , by which they are mightily tormented fometiraes. If thefe little Animals chance to get in their Trunk, they walk about there and tickle them intolerably. Tho’ they have no Hair, except on the Tail and Ears, yet they Swim very well. They’ll live above 200 years, as has been feen in fome whofe Age has been defignedly mark’d^ They go together in the Woods fome 8, 10, or 20 in a Company. They have a fort of King, or Mailer-Elephant, which they follow; the young ones go in the middle. In the day time, they keep on the Mountains in the (hade, but towards the Dusk of the evening, they repair to the Meadows and Water-fide. They break their way through the Boughs and Bufhes with their Trunk ; fo that by the Noife they make, one may hear to the Eaft-Indies. 285 hear them coming a Mile off Then the Inhabi- tants, and the Keepers of the Fields, cry out to one another for help, to keep them out of their Grounds, where they deftroy all when they come. They holloe firft, and then they cry for help, Alia innmoate , 'the Elefhants are' a coming : Therefore, when they come near their Hutts, Or- chards, or Fields, they light Torches, which they have on purpofe made of long dry Wood, and with this they drive them away, making a great deal of Shouting and Noife. Thofe that watch the Fields of Rice, fit and fing all night in a little Hutt raifed upon four Pofts^ and when they hear the Elephants coming, they holloe and light their Torches. There is two different ways of Catching the Ele- phants. Among the Malahars^ from trinconomala to Batacale : There are fome that Worfhip the De- vil, by whofe help they Charm thefe Creatures, after having Sacrificed to him a Cock for an Offering. After they have Caught ’em with their Hands, they tie them with ftrong Thongs of Bufffar’s Leather, and Tame ’em : But neither the Perjians^ nor the Moors^ care to Buy thofe that are catCh’d this way. The other way of Catching them, is in a Pound prepared for that. purpofe, as I have feen one in the Kingdom of Cotta^ two Leagues from Cohimho^ near the Aldee or Village Battalamuda : And Lhave been my felf at the Catching of 50 of them, young and old i which is done thus. When the Inhabitants have notice where they are, and what place they frequent molt, the Governour of Colmnho gives a general Order for a Hunting Day i on which every body high and low, even the Nobles themfelves, meet at the appointed place : Befides this, the Governour takes all the Soldiers, Drums, and Burghers, along with him ; being all met, .they Ipread themfelves in a Wing a League dr two long. Thus 284 Mr, Schewitzer’j Voyage Thus they go holloing and fliooting along the whole day, thro’ Woods and over Mountains : At Night they reft, and for fear the Elephants Ihould get out back again, they light Fires all along about a Stone’s throw from each other, which the Ele- phants are very much afraid of. The next day they go on again, and draw the Elephant’s into a narrower compafs. If any of ’em ofer to go back, and break through, they fright them with Drums, and fliooting and holloing. If one of them fliould chance to break through, all the reft would inevi- tably follow. When all the Hunters have in 3 or 4 weeks time ranged over 20 or 30 miles Ground, thefe Wild Elephants are at length, by the means of Tame ones that ferve to decoy them drove into the Pound, which we mention’d above. Then they tie a Wild one to a Tame one, or if it is a very lufty one, between two. Then they make ’em fo Tame by giving them neither Meat nor Drink, that with a certain Inftrument they ufe, a Child may manage them. Notwithftanding there are fome which they can never Mafter, and thofe they turn out again to Breed and Increafe. The Eaft-Indian Kings and Merchants buy the Elephants by their height, which they meafure to an Inch fas we do Horfes here) from the Ground to the ridge of the Back. According to their height, they are worth 7, 8, 900 or loooRixdol- lars. Sometimes they Buy them ( when they are of an extraordinary vaft Bulk) for fliew. Otherwife they ufe ’em in War, and to draw the Baggage, and great Artillery. The Great Mogul hath fre- quently with him 4 or 500 in the Field j And we ufed them in all Expeditions : Each Company had an Elephant, as we fliall tell more largely hereafter. The two Teeth that ftick bending fo long out of their Mouth, are fufficiently known by the Name of Elephant’s Teeth. The Flefli of Elephants is not to the Eaft-Indies. 285 not fit to Eat, and their Hides are made no ufe of, by reafbn of their wanting Men to drefs and pre- pare them. They are extream thick. The Flefh is Spungy, and Rotts in two or three days. The Hair that grows upon the Tail they hold very good againfl: the Cramp , and as an approved Remedy they wear it made up in Rings on their Fingers. When they are to draw a Load, they go fide long and look fteadily upon the Waggon, to fee that no Body lays any thing more upon’t than what is ufual ; and if on^ doth, they will not wag a foot further till it be taken off again ; But what is more ftrange then that, is, what I have often feen at Columbo and Jafnafatnam^ That thefe Elephants when they were drawing a Load of Stones for the Fortifications, would Rand ftock Rill at 1 1 a Clock, which is the Dinner time allowed to all the Slaves andWorkmen, and would not draw an Inch further, tho’ they were juR at the place, and the Drivers encouraged ’em never fo much. There is great Rore of Bufflars in Ceylon^ efpe- cially in and about Calpmin. They are about the bignefs' of a Podolian or Hungarian Ox, but Rronger. Their Horns are about two yards long ; They are of an alh-colour. In the day time they lie in the Water up to their Nofe, and at night they come to Gra2e in the Meadows. Their Flelh is Eatable, when it hath lain 2 or 3 days in Salt^ but very hot, and gives the Bloody-Flux to moR People that Eat of it. They are very dangerous to go near, efpecially to the Europeans, and chiefly if they have any young ones by them. T ygers are here alfo in abundance, and very per- nicious to Man and BeaR, and particularly to Stags and Deer. They are about the bignefs of a large Afs, but fomething longer ^ they are Ipotted with yellowiRi and whitifh fpots, and in their Make ex- adly like a Cat. Their Flefll is white, and many People 286 Mr» SchewitzerV Voyage People Eat of it. Their Skins ferve to make Bdts^ Holfters, &c. and are much ufed for covering of Trunks and Boxes. They have fo much of the Scent of Musk, that the Huntfinen, if they take the Wind right, will find them out by it, and fo in their purfuit of other Beafts, avoid them. Bears are likewife found here in . feveral Parts, and ^re dangerous Creatures : Yet they are liot fo much^fear’d here, as the Wolves are in Germany. Jackalk^ are of fliape and bignefs like a Fox, only a ftiarper^ Snout : They keep all day in their Dens, and at niglit.they gather together a hun- dred of them or more,'^nd come to theoutfide of the City of Cohmbo, in quefl: of Dead Bodies, and fall fometimes upon a Man, if they chance to find him alleep. There is a fort of Creature here, that is not very well known, becaufe it is rare ^ it is called Bitfche VergHnie., and by the Dutch, The Devil of Negombo^ which Name ,they have given it, becaufe of its Qualities, as I am going to tell you, and be- caufe they are molt frequently about Negombo. It is about a yard high, and three yards long. It hathaftiarp Snout, and very iharp Teeth. The Body is as it were Harnafs’d over with thick round yellow Shells. When it is purfued, it can winde it lelf up into a Ball. At night it makes fuch a dif- mal frightful Noife, that it hath often fear’d the Centinels from their Polls. The Lewer is another, called by the Dutch, Luifie Dier • i. e. Slow-Beaft. Thefe Beafts are made like an Ape, with Hands and Feet, look very ghaftly, and as lean as a Skeleton, wonderful flow in their Eating, Drinking, and Going 5 tho’ Dogs, or any Wild Beafts come towards ’em, they will not haften their pace in the leaft ^ and when they come near ’em, they turn themfeives to ’em, and with their glaring Eyes, fright away the fierceft Dog that can to the Eafl'-Indies. 287 can be. Their Eyes ftand quite out of their Heads, and appear very terrible : When Men come after ’em, they do the fame : But it hath not the fame Effeft, for Men have a Snare, which they clap on their hinder parts, and fo catch them as they do Monkies. After they are catch’d, they are ftill flow as before, and would not go above a League in a day, if one left ’em to themfelves. They are kept in Cities for a Rarity, but they are too ten- der to tranlport into other Countries. Wandnra or Apes are here in abundance *, they are black, excepting a whitifh Ring about the hin- der part of the Body, and a great gray Beard, v/hich makes them look very much like fome of the Old Gingulayans. They are about the bignefs of a Maftifi^ and have a very long Tail. They skip about the Woods from Tree to Tree, making a great noife, their young ones hanging all the while about ’em. If you Ihoot ’em , the young ones fall with ’em, and then you take ’em off to keep and breed up : But this is not a true kind of Ape for keeping, fo that few People take the trouble to Catch them j for they do not take any thing that’s taught ’em, as others will. If a fnot wounds them fo as to fetch out a part of their Guts, they work out the reft witli both their Hands, (if I may fo call ’em) and fo fall down. Thofe that are Catch’d will never Couple together, tho’ one keeps them ever fo long. Wild-Cats ^ there are of two forts : One of which is as large as our common Houfe-Cats , and live upon all forts of Fowl. The other is as fmall as our Squirrels, and are called Suri-Cats *, becaufe they keep about the Coco-Trees, whence the Suri comes. Their Hair is of a grey colour ^ and they make a noife like a young Turkey. Stags are bigger than the Stags in Holland. Deer , are fomewhat lefs, and full of white fpots. Wild- 288 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage Wild-Goats are a little bigger than our Hares. The Hares lefs than with us. Wild-Boars here as in Africa. All thefe are in vaft numbers, becaufe but few People Hunt ’em 9 there being fo great a quantity of Wild-Beafts there that are better. Wild-Horfes are very plentyful inthelfle oiMa- nara.^ and not far from thence in another Ifle towards Jafna^atnam ^ but they are lefs than our Horfes in Holland. Sometimes they catch fome of the finefi: of ’em, which they Break for the Saddle, or elfe they ufe ’em for Carts and Waggons. Among the Tame Bealls and Cattle, Oxen and Cows are in fo great plenty, that one of ’em is not worth above two or three Gulders. Bufflars are in abundance ^ the Country Fellows ufe them in their Rice-Fields : One of them is worth three or four Gulders. Three forts of Sheep there are amongfl ’em ^ one which comes out of Perfia^ which for Wool, &c. are like thofe in Holland^ excepting that their Tails are fo vallly big, that fome of ’em will weigh 20 or 25 Pound : Another fort comes out of Africa.^ with Horns about a Span long, but no Wool, only Hair like Calves : A third Ibrt hath Wool like the firll, but very long Ears. Goats are in good llore here, and Swine, fuch as in Holland. One of the biggell and fatteft in the Ifland Manara is not worth above a Rixdollar. Now for the Wild-Fowl. There are Peacocks of the fame colour as here j and belides thofe, there ■are many as white as Swans. 1 Wild-Cocks and Hens are about the bignefs of j ours. f Water-Fowl, Snipes, Stock-Doves, and others. Two fort of Herons, one of ’em bluilh, the other ] half black. Geefe and Ducks in great numbers. t| I will not make any mention of their fmall Birds, to the Eaft-IndieSo 289 I will only give you fome Account of the Parrots, which are here of three forts. The largelt are of a green colour, mixt with blue and red, with a black Ring round the Neck, and are accounted the beft. A lefler fize there is, all green,' with a red Ring round the Neck, which is but little valued ; and a lefs than that which is lefs efteeraed too, be- caiife it is the leall docile. They Eat Rice and Figs. They are beft to be taught when they are young. They are tied to a Cord or Chain, and morning and night, while it is duskilh, one talks to ’em half an hour or thereabouts, till they get ’em at laft to fpeak any thing after them. There is alfo a great many Birds of Prey ^ as Falcons, Hawks, and Ravens, with a white Ring about their Neck-. Batts are of two forts *, the one fmall as ours here, that fly by night and the other as big as thofe I have fpoken of in Java, There is another fort of Bird, which is call’d, a Navi,^ (becaufe it makes a noife which founds like that word ) which when the Portuguefes hear, they exped the arrival of fome Ships in a Ihort time. They have but few Geefe, except fueh as are brought hither from the Cafe of Good Hope •, they have a Bunch growing on their Bill t They coft a Rixdollar a-piece. Other Tame Fowl is there in fuch plenty, that one may Buy a Pullet for a Peny, and 40, 50, or 60 Eggs for the fame price. Ducks that lay 200 cr 300 Eggs after one another, without one days inter-^ million, will coft but Two Pence or Two Pence half peny. Many keep Pigeons likewife, w’hich come from Holland^ which they Buy for 10 <5/. a pair. Among the four-footed Animals, in the Rivers , There is the Crocodile which devours many Men that live near them, as they are Filhing, Walking, or Bathing themfelves, if they do not take an efpe- U dal 290 Mr. Schewitzer’; Voyage cial Care : But I will in fliort defcribe fomething of the Nature of them. The Crocodile is not fo very furious as fome Peo- ple imagine. He feeks his Prey alone •, but when he is hungry, he Devours any living thing he can Eat, whether Man, Fifh, Beaft, Dogs, &c. fhews him- felf commonly, and fwims any part of the day at the top of the Water, like a piece of Timber. He fets open his Mouth for a certain Bird to pick his Teeth with his Bill, which is about the length of one’s Finger. At night he comes upon Land to feek out for Meat. Thefe Animals lay their Eggs upon the bare Sand, and leave the Sun to produce the young ones out of ’em, who as fbon as they come out, are about half a yard long ; The Egg it felf is about twice as big as that of a Goofe. They con- tinually keep growing as long as they live , and come to be fome 20, fome 25, fome 30 foot long : The Body is armed all over with a thick Scale ; Their Teeth are exceeding lharp •, and fo much ftrength is in their Tail, that they’ll kill any Filh or other Animal with a blow of it. Upon Land they can run falter than molt Men ^ but in a Ihort turning, a Man may have the Advantage of ’em, becaufe they mult take a great compafs •, and being fo long and thick, without any bending in their Backs, they are forced to take a large turn, which affords a Man fair time to efcape out of their reach. Here is another fort of Bealt, much like the Cro- codile, which is call’d a Caprigoy j but it hath nei- ther Shells, nor Scales on it, and its Tongue is very long and pointed. The longelt I ever faw of thefe was not above ten foot. Another not much unlike this, but lefs yet, call’d a Legawan^ the Flelh of which many People Eat. Now of Serpents there are feveral forts j one of ^GmhcalhdWorgers, they are 10 or 15 foot long. They will feize a Man, and clalp themfelves round about to the Eaft-IndieSi 291 about him, and fqueeze him fo that he can’t Breath, and falls down Dead : And to be arm’d againft thefe, no Man goes abroad without a good Knife about him, to cut them in two, which makes them let go their hold quickly. Another fort, which is called, Chafel-Snahes^ be- caufe they keep in Chapels or Churches, and fometimes in Houfes ^ Thefe are very mifchievous and venomous, and without a timely Antidote, they who are bit by them, die Infallibly. They are com- monly from 4 to 6 foot long ; and they have a fort of Bladder, or fpot of white, which fhews it felf on the top of their Head when they are vex’d. There is another fort of ’em, which they call Rat-Catchers^ which are not fo dangerous. They live all in Houfes, and deftroy the Rats and. Mice as much as any Cats would. They are nine or teii foot long, and will never hurt any Body unlefs one Angers theiUi The Green Serpents keep upon the Trees, and when any Man or Bead comes near them, they dart -themfelves upon them, and with their fharp Tongues endeavour to put out their Eyes. They are about two yards long. The mod poifonous of all, are, the two headed ones, which have a Head at each end. . Here arc two forts of Remedies againd the Poi- fon of thofe Animals : The one, which the Inha- bitants life frequently, is Witchcraft ; The other, which I have often nfed, is a Serpent-Stone. This Stone is laid upon the Wound, and it dicks to it^ till it hath drawm to it felf all the Venom out of it. When it is come off, it is thrown into new Milk, which fetcheth all the Poifon out of the Stone, and grows black and blue with it : Then the Stone is applied afrefh to the Wound, and if there be any Poifon remaining, it dicks on, if not, it falls off, and the Perfon is fecute< I 292 Mr. Schewitzer’i Voyage I have feen many Scorpions here as big as a common Crab, but their Stings are not dangerous, and caufe only a fmarting for two days, and iiever prove mortal. The Hundred-Feet called by the Portuguefes Ceme-Pcj becaufe it hath a Hundred-Feet, is about half a yard long, and hath two Horns wherewith it Pinches. It is fo full of Venom, that it is all over of a blew and yellow colour with it ^ if one is pinched by ’em, it may prove very dangerous, be- fides the cruel Smart it caufes, unlefs the place is anointed quickly with Oil of Coco’s. There are three forts of Pifmires, red, black, and white. The firft are the biggeflr, and rid the Houfes of other Vermine, as Rats, Mice, and Ser- pents. The black keep in the Fields *, if they touch a Man’s Skin, they make it Smart for about half an hour. The white ones live amongft Houlhold Goods j they Eat through Chefts and Trunks, and damage Cloaths and Linnen very much. Fleas are here in Shoals, fo that Men could not have any reft, if they did not befmear all their Houfes with Cow-Dung, to keep them away. The Air is full of little Flies and Gnats •, and in fome places People cannot Eat for ’em, but are forced to ftay till night when they are fettled. Blood- Suckers, or Leeches, are the worft Ver- mine on the Ifland : They are moft towards the North between CanM and Colnmbo. There are of two forts of ’em, the great and the fmall ; The firft are the common Plagues of Bufflers . The other of Men. They keep in the Water, and are made much like our Hedge-Hogs. When any Man or Beaft goes into the Water, they hang upon him till they have fuckt their fill, and fwell three times as big as they were at firft, then they fall off. If one goes to ftrike them off^ immediately they break off and leave the Head in the Flelh, which makes the Wound , to the Eaft-Indies. 29 J Wound the more dangerous : But the beft way to deal with ’em is to have Ibme green Lemons with one, or good Vinegar and Salt or Salt-Petre, and wet them with it, and they fall off immediately. I’he finall fort are about the bigiiefs of a Straw, and about three Inches in length, and of a brown colour. They have neither Eyes nor Feet. In dry Weather they are feldom to be feen \ but after fome Rain, they fill the Ways and Shrubs. They do not creep as Worms do, but raife themfelves up an end, and throw themfelves upwards. If they lay hold of a Man they are not ealily got off again, nor with- out great danger. Some Cngulayans lay. That thefe things were firfi; brought over into this Country by the contrivance of one Lamammea^o^Q of the Kings of Cmd?% Sifter, ('whofe Brother the Portuguefes had taken away by violence) to be a Plague to them, but how much truth there is in the Story, I leave the Reader to judge. Araongft the Sea-Fifii commonly catch’d here, I place" the Sword-Filh \ it is from 8 to 1 2 foot in length: It is called by that Name from a fort of Sword it hath upon his Nofe, which is like a Saw, with about 50 Teeth about the bignefs of one’s Fin- ger. The biggeft of thofe Swords that I ever faw was an Ell long. The Flefh of this Filh is fit to Eat, but the younger the Fifh is, the better. Thele Sword-Fifhes are not of that fort which are fo great Enemies to Whales, for they never come fo far into the North, it being too Cold for them there : Be- fides, thofe that fight with the Whales have their Sword on their Back, and keep about Greenland and - TJland in. vaft numbers. Sharks are right Sea-Wolves, and devour the Men they can catch, but they are often catch’d and devour’d themfelves. The Sail-Filh, fo called, becaufe it hath a large Finn, which ftands upontlie Back of it above Water, U 3 and 294 ikfr. SchewitzerV Vc^dge and lets the Wind drive it forwards ^ hath a fharp long Head of about an Ell long, and his Body is twice as long again : tho’ its Flelh is but courle, yet a great many People Eat it. There is a Fifh which they call Oan-:^hertfen half an Ell long, and very full of Blood. They are in fo great plenty, that they pull up 7, 8, or 900 at one Draught. The great time of Filhing for ’em is in February^ at which time not the Filh only is very cheap, but all forts of Meat and other Viduals are at very low Rates. The St. Peter*s Fijh^ or Five Finger -Fijh^ is called by fome the Leather -FlJfj, by reafon of the thicknefs of his Skin *, Hath five white ftreaks on the Back in the (hape of a Man’s Fingers ; it is about two yards in length, and very good to Eat; It is moft in fea- Ibnin March, and then they catch likely 2 or 300 of them at once. The old Portuguefes will tell you that this mark on the Back came by St. Peter, who drew up one of them in his Net, and left the figure of his Fingers upon it. But this I leave the Reader to believe at Difcretion. jacks are here of the fame kind as in Fiolland, one, two, or three yards in length, and are to be catch’d Viiixh Jfril or May. The King’s Fifli is tlie beft fort that is here, and is fomething like our Carps. Cablins are like our Herrings, but a little broader, there is vaft plenty of ’em, and one Buys 10 or 20, fometimes 40, for a Peny. ‘ The Sertin is a fmall lean Fifh. They catch fome thoufands of them at one Draught, becaufe they go together in Shoals. - Sea-Swine or Sea-Hogs, are catcht here in great numbers *, their length is five or fix yards, and half that about : They have a fharp Snout like ordinary Hogs V The Flefh of ’em is very fat, and the Blood very hot ; In the \Vater they out-fwim alJ other Sea- to the Eaft-Indies. 295 Sea-Devils or Sand-Creepers are 5 or O' yards long, with a frightful Head, very broad, but not thick, black at top, and white underneath. There is much difficulty in catching of ’em with Angles, becaufe they lie 1 5 or 20 Fathoms deep. - ' , Scaits are round and flat : Have their Eyes -in their ^ody, and a thin flat Tail about two Yards long \ they are very good to Eat. The Piil-Staert^ as they call it, ( which fignifies ylrrorv-Tail) is much like it ^ it is as good to Eat too.- But the Tail is of that Nature, that if he wounds a Man with it, ’tis mortal to .him : Wherefore great Care is taken to cut that off as foon as they have catch’d ’em. Tortoifes, are catch’d here of 200 pound weight. They lay their Eggs on the Sand, 200 at a time, and leave them to the Sun to hatch-, they have no Shell, only are cover’d with a Tough Skin. When they come upon Land, the Indians turn them over on their Backs, from which they cannot rife again, having not the command of their Legs. When they have them thus, three or four Men carry them to Market, and there cut them out. The Shells of thefe very large ones are not ufeful, but the fraali ones are of great.ufe for inlaid Work, Combs, &c. ^ Sea-Crabs, and Sea-Lobltefs : Tlfefe are here a Yard long, with large Claws ^ and the other round with a very hard Shell. Sea-Lice , are made like Lice, cover’d over with a white Shell, about the bignefs of a Walnut. They keep in the wet Sand on the Shore, and are Eaten only by the MaUbarian Fiffiermen. Mufcles flick to the Rocks, and when the Sea is at Ebb, they pick them up. The manner of Fiffiing, which the Mdisbarians nfe, is much like ours. Their Nets are exceeding long, fo as to reach about half a mile in compafs, U 4 and 296 . iWr.Schewitzer’/ Voyage and are buoy’d up with Wood inftead of Cork ; and in the middle of it, which comes laft to fliore, they have a great Bag, into which the Filh is all driven. Frefli River-Fifli are thele : The St. Pilang, a Fifh with a broad Head, as fmooth as an Eel, about a yard long, and two Spans about. The Bdd-Head ' is a better fort of Filh, all Scaly like a Carp, ex- cepting the Head ^ weighs generally 7 or 8 pound. A Filh called a Foo/, becaufe whoever Eats any thing of the Head, becomes ftupid : Wherefore the Head is always thrown away, the reft is very good to Eat. The Pager is a black Filh, with a hard thick Head 5 its Body is round, with very lharp Finns. There is fmall Filh allb in abundance, as we have here, fuch as Gudgeons, Craw-Filh, &c. Gurnets are a fmall fort of Filh like the Craw- Filh, without a Shell, and have only a whitilh Scale pver their Body. They are moft ufed in Angling, for a Bait to catch other Filh with. I tQ the Eaft-Indies, 297 CHAP. VI. ’The Tear in Ceylon is divided into two Seafons only. Great Floods there daring one of the Seafons. An Account of Caudingelle, a Fort built and forfahn by the Dutch \ much annoyed by the King of CandiV Men. The Author is ordered to Anguratot ^ De- fcription of that Place how the Europeans live there with Cingulaifh Women. He goes bach to Columbo; one of the Boats is lofl by the way. He lives a while there with one of the Council. Is fent to Malvane, an unhealthy Place^ which the King of Candi Befieges with ^0000 Men., but his General comes ovex to the Dutch. The Prince of Candi runs away from Co- lumbo, where he had been kept a long while., and for what Reafon. The Author with two Companies of Koluntiers are fent out, and in their March fuffered much Thirfi, and went all Bare-foot. They come to Calpintin, Aripen,Manaca, Jafnapatnara^ allwhich Places he gives a Defcriptionof. Then he goes to Porto Novo, where he hath two Arrow! fwt -in him. He goes back to Columbo, where he is Cured. HE whole Year is divided into two Seafons only, call’d the^oo^/ and the W Seafon. Each of them confifts of five Months the other two are call’d the Dul^ious Months, being March and Sep- tember, in which are the two Solfiices, on the i ith Old Stile, or zid New Stile, of each of thofe Months. In the Month of March, the Rains begin to fall on that fide on which Columbo is Situated, and con- tinue moll commonly to the Month of September , fo that all the Rivers overflow the Countries in flich a manner, that the People, Cattle and Wild-Beafls are 298 Mr. Schewltzer’i' Voyage are farrounded on a fudden, and carried away by the Water-floods. Thofe that delight in Hunting, may find great quantities of Beafts forced up into the Mountains at that time. In September it begins to hold up, and the Wea- ther is much like what we ufe to have in y4pril^ in Holland:. Then the Sun-beams come to be fo vio- lently hot, that it dries up fometimes Navigable Rivers, and then the Wild-Beafts are forced to run a vaft way to get Water. In this good Seafon (as they term it) Thunder and Lightning are very frequent, and to that degree, that many huge Trees are fplit and rent to pieces with it. The Sm doth not move far from this Place, wherefore little notice can be taken of the lengthning or fhortning of the Days : Nor is it ever very cold here ; only when the North Wind begins to blow inF^/'r^^r^,and which holds on for about four Months, one may bear a cotton Garment on. In this Seafon, the Fifliermen have feldom the oppor- tunity of Fiftiing, by reafon of the roughnefs of the. Sea. Whilft the good Seafon is on that fide of Co- lumboyihQ other fide towards Cormandel., Jafnapatnam., Manara.,Batacolo., ^c.have the bad with them, which is not a little ftrange, confidering that they are not fer from one another. I was upon Duty in the Fort Galmre., where our Men work’d by Day on the Fortifications, and at Night flood Sentinels, (the Night lafting but two Hours) from the 2id of u4prU idyyf till the laft of September of the fame Year. Our head Officer there was a LSiyj^tenant, one j4dam Slecht., a Bohemian. On the 1/ of OBober^ we were order’d by our Governor to march to a Forlorn Fort, call’d Caudin- gelle, fix Leagues from Galtnre., with 40 Europeans, and 200 Lafcarins, or Cingtdaifh Soldiers. A ■ to the Eaft-Indies. 299 A very hard Storm fell upon us in the way, which fo fwelled the Waters about us, that we were forced to wade with our Cloaths tuck’d up, and we were not a little plagued with the Blood-fuelers, We found the faid Fort overgrown with Trees and Shrubs, and no Inhabitants within two Leagues of it ; they were all retir’d up into the high Moun- tains, becaufe thofe of Candi continually made In- curfions upon that fide of the Country, Spoiling, Burning and Deftroying all they came near. The Hollanders had built this Fort fome Years fince ^ but having not made it llrong enough, and pro- vided it with neceflaries fufficient, they were forc’d to leave it. It takes up about two Acres of Land ; it hath four Baftions, a Parapet, and Pallifado’s as high as a Pike, and as thick as a Man’s middle. We Europeans were polled within, and the Cingulai- ans on the outward Works ; and were forc’d to cut up all the Wood about it, within a Murquet- fhot. We were in no danger in the day-time, but we had enough to do at night with feveral Parties of Candians, and with Elephants too : But thefe we frightned away eafily with the Fires we made, ha- ving good ftore of Wood. Our Magazine was ftor’d with Salt, Rice, Bacon, Flefli, Brandy, Pow- der and Shot, all which we had from jiuguratot^two Leagues diftant from us ^ and the care of it was gi- ^ ven to me. Our Water was fetch’d about a Piftol- * fhot from the Fort. After we had lain here eight days in this wild and.defert place, the Candians came againft us. Headed by Diffave Tennecool^ the great ' Robber : An Aratfi of ours brought us intelligence that they were coming with great forces upon us. We found' then it was high time to remove our Quarters , which we did, fetting all on Fire, and retired to another place pear to Anguratet, By an order fent ' ' us joo Mr. Schewitzer’i Vojdge us from Columbo, we were oblig’d to go back to our old Quarters at Gdture. The 1 2th of Oftober I was fent to Angumtot to refide as Mafter of the Stores, and Pay-mafter of the Forces. I was made mighty welcome by our chief Dutch-Officer, who lay there *, and by Mr. Bufierweld, who was the Enfign there. He was Man that had been employ’d in great Affairs here, and had been fent as an Envoy to the King of Ca^di. He invited me to flay with him and make my a- bode at his Houfe to keep him company, that be- ing together we might Ipend our time more agrea- bly. I was well enough pleas’d to be at Anguratot^ becaufe it was very ftrong, and well provided with Cannon. A very fine River runs before it, which comes from S^^ngam^ and hath great ftore of good Fifh, and Tortoifes ; and we had fome thoufands of Inhabitants about us, of whom we bought choice . Fruits very cheap, and all other forts of Victuals, as Fowls, Butter, Honey, &c, for a very fmall price. It is very pleafant living here for one that can fpeak the Cingulaifh Language. The Europeans that live here, who are not above Forty or Fifty in number, live in this following manner. They have Prayers every day, morning and night, and a Sermon on Sundays, with Singing of Plalms. They watch, and are free by turns in the day-time, but at night they mull all be in the Fort upon pain of Death. Out of the Fort ev’ry one hath his little Houfe, where each of them keeps his Cingulayifh Woman to provide and drels his Viftuals, and ferves likewife for his Bedfellow. If a Woman at any time is brought to Bed of a White Child, it is matter of great Joy to the Pa- rents and Relations, and they grow very proud upon it. If a Man defign to go out of the Coun- try, he miifl keep it exceeding private i for if his Bed- I to the Eaft-Indies. ^oi Bedfellow knows any thing of it before-hand, Ihe certainly poifons him, or bewitches him, as feve- ral have been lerv’d that have gone away y and tho’ they were got 2 or 3000 miles, yet they were forc’d to come back again. On the laft day of December, a Letter came to Mr. Buflervpeld from Colnmlo^ advifing him to come thither, feeing he had a mind to go back into his Country. He ask’d me if I would not go with him to Columbo: So I accompany 'd him. thither, and we gave orders for three Boats to be made rea- dy for our felves and our Baggage. The 2d of January, i6q% ^ Early in the morning we went out of u4?jgiiratot^,ein.d. wder’d the Cingu- layans (of which there were four in each of oirr Boatsj to take a great deal of care, for we were to pafs thro’ twofeveral places that were very full of R.ocks. The Dutch call the one of them. The Great Hell ^ the other. The Little Hell, becaufe they fwallow up fo many Men. We fent out be- fore in a Boat that went free, an old Fellow (a Cin- gulayan, who was mcfc experienc’d) to lliew us the way. The Boat was loaded with Rice and Fowls, but the Men not Rowing fo ftrong as they Ihould have done, all funk with their Boat. VVe that came juft after them were not a little ftartled. I encouraged the Men in my Boat, 'as the Gentleman did thofe in his, and we fortunately got through, and we compafs’d 3 Dutch miles in 4 hours ; So we got to Caltare : But we never heard more of our four Cingulayans that we loft in the fir ft Boat. Our Lieutenant Sleght receiv’d us very nobly, and invited us to Dinner, and gave us other Cingulayans, which we fent out before with our Boats. And be- ing Cohmho was a great Way from Gdture^ he or- der’d two Palanquins fo be got ready for us (which / are a fort of Chairs, but fo contriv’d, that one may either lit or lye dowii in them) and two Gulins or 302 Mr. SchewkzerV Voyage or Slaves a-piece to carry us ; they carry’d us very faft, and we got fafe to Colnmh. The 5th, Mr. BufierweU, having fent all his things aboard, and bdng to leave me behind, in- troduc’d me to a certain Captain of Columbo^ one Min Heer Witz^enbdrg^ to whom after he had recom- mended me, he went on the 6th Inftant aboard his Ship to Vmito de Gala^ where he was to take in her Loading of Cinnamon and Pepper, and then put to Sea. This Captain Witz.enbnrg was a brave Soldier, a- bout 50 years of Age, was then in Cokmbo as Com- mander, and was likewifeoneof the Council,which confifts of eight Men only, who are treated with no lefs Title than that of Honourable. They Judge and give Sentence in all Caufes, as well Capital as others. Our chief Merchant, ontVmForfien^ was the Prefident of them : He had been rais’d to this from a Cabbin-boy. The belt part of them could neither Write nor Read: nor could the Captain I am {peaking of, tho’ he was the third of the Coun- cil. If any Man will appeal from them, he mull: transfer his Caufe to Bauvia^y^}\\Q\i is 500 miles di- flant from thence. I ftaid 5 months with this Captain, during which time I was a very ferviceable Companion, by read- ing to him all Orders and Caufes at home, before he went to the Council (for they were always fent to them there fifft) in which he us’d to take my opinion, and in anfwering for him all the Letters that came to him. The lit of July, I was '‘obliged to go to a little Fort call’d Malvane^ 4 leagues from Cokmbo , where I remain’d four months. The place is very ftrong, by a River i it hath Pallifado’s, Parapets, and a Ditch, eight Field-pieces, and other neceflaries, and fixty Men to keep it. Our Head Officer there, was one Oldcnbttrghj a Lieutenant. It was very unheaL to the Eaft-Indies. 50 J thy by reafon of the thick Fogs \ and therefore the Garrifbn is often reliev’d from Columho. The 5th, We were inform’d that the King of Candi would Befiege this Fort j wherefore we pro- vided our felves againft it. The 1 5th, The Dijfave^ or General, appear’d with Thirty Thoufand Men, (this was that Tenne- cool the Renegado we have fpoken of before,) and he let us know privately On the 17th, That he refented an affront which the King of Candi had put upon him, and belides, that he had deceiv’d him in his expeftations, for which he would now be reveng’d j and with this opportunity return to the Dutch, and not raoleft our Fort in any manner. We were oblig’d to keep this very fecret, leaftit fhould come to the know- ledge of his own Soldiers ^ and we fent an account of his oWqxs to Colnmhn^ whence v.'e receiv’d orders to direcl him to Colimbo^ but not receive him into our Fort. The 20th, He went with three hundred of his belt Men to Colnmho^ where he was re<;eiv’d ho- nourably by the Governor, and prefented with a Gold Chain worth 300 Ricxdollars. When the King of Candi had an account of this, he order’d the liege to be rais’d, and all Tennecool\ Generation to be deltroy’d. The 3 1 th of Odtober we were reliev’d, and went altogether to Columho. We were to crofs over a River 7 or 8 at a time, with two Boats tyed to one another. I was one of the lalt that were to go o- ver. I was here very near being drovv^n’d by an.un- lucky accident. The old Dottia or Waterman wgs juft ihoving the Boats off of Land, when the Boats which are exceeding little turn’d over, for the Rope broke that tyed them together. My danger was fo much the greater, for that a lufly fellow, who fell in with us, and could not fwim, took fait hold of my 304 Schewitzer’j Voyage my Leg, and would have drown’d us both, had I not fortunately laid hands on the port: to which the Boats ufed to be tyed, by which means we were fafe. Thofe that could fwim were in no great dan- ger : The others hung luckily upon the Boats that were floating with the bottom upwards ^ fothat all faved their Lives. Some Mufquets were loft, but it was a wonder that none of the Men were drov^m’d or at leaft devour’d, confidering that there is always fo vaft a number of Crocodiles in that Ri- ver. From the ift to the 8th, We lay in the Old Town . of Columho. The 7 th, and 8 th, Several People were fent out to hunt after the Prince of Candi, who had been kept fome years by the Dutch, with a defign to put j him on the Throne of Candi^ when the old King ( fliould die. He was kept out of the City, near the o old Hofpital, and had a Guard of fix Files of Mu- [ Iqueteers and one Serjeant •, notwithftanding which [ he found means to make his efcape, and was never j( heard of fince. j] He had been about fix years at Columho^ where, at his coming, he declar’d himfelf to be of the Roy- : ^ al Blood of Candi^ and the true Heir to that Crown, alledging that the prefent King of Candi had U- furp’d it from him, and that he was the Perfon that ftiould have fucceeded the Old King. And indeed y, all the Inhabitants were much more affeded to him, t|, which they ufed to exprefs continually by the rich Prefents they ufed frequently to bring him. The Dutch allow’d him Forty > Rixdollars per month, and 41 Simmeri’s of Rice, to maintain him- qj., felf and his Retinue, which was a Steward, a Wi- pj., zard, a Captain, 20 Soldiers, 6 Drummers, 4 Lea- of pers, and 8 Slaves, or Chair-men, to carry thofe Sedans we have already fpoke of^ in all 21 Men. They would not have loft much by this, if he had pf con- to the Eaft-Indies. 305 continu’d at Colimbo^ and had ever come to the Crown of Candi ^ for they would have made fuch Articles with him before they had fetled him on the Throne, that he would have been little more than Titular King. The pth, Two Companies of Volunteers were form’d out of the Garrilbns of the City and Caflle, of 80 Men each, and were order’d to go to the Coaft of Cormandel. The Toth, We were mufter’d up, and receiv’d the next day two months Pay. Our chief Officer was a Dantzicker, one Tobias Gnf3tz.j Captain-Lieu-= tenant, and our two Lieutenants were one Koningh^ and one Fernie. The 1 2th, We went aboard in two fmall Vef- fels, and arriv’d the next day at Calpntin^ where our Men were lodg’d in a Church which Hands out of the Fortification, where Di vine Service is done in Dutch, Portuguefe, and Malabarifh. This FOrt was built here, and is carefully look’d after, becaufe it is a confiderable Pafs for other Nations^ and be- lides the Inhabitants drive no fihall Trade with the Moors, and others. A great Commodity there, is Areck, which is a Fruit that grows like the Nutmegs Moll of the Eaflierh Indians Vannot live without it, being fo us’d to it, that they are never well, but when they are chawing of it The Soldiers here, which are 100 in number, keep Dogs, with which they go and Hunt Bufflers, Sheep, Stags. &c.' upon which they live : For the Land affords nothing but what’s Wild, fome Fifh and fome Rice. ' We lay. Hill from the 14th, to the i8th, Then orders were given for every Man to make his own Provifion for three days, and to be ready on the 1 9th of March. Accordingly they were ^ and 1 having a defire to be in the adventure, provided for my felf too, and order’d one of the Men to get me <5 pound of Beef boyl’d in Salt-water, and half a pound of X BiskeL ^o6 M/.Schewitzer’^ F’oyage Bisket. The next morning early we fet out. Our two Malabarian Guides went before us. At noon we came near to a Well, but found no Water there, which we began to want j but our want ra- ther increafed : Then we turn’d our felves to a Ri- ver, where we thought to have fatisfy’d our felves, and found the Water to be Salt. Our comfort was, that we were to come in the evening to a Well •, but when we came to it, we found a Buffler fall’n in and drown’d, which made us all abftain from drinking, notwithftanding we were exceeding thir- fty. Our Guide then took us half a mile farther, to a deep landy Soil, where they told us we might have Water. There we were forc’d to make feve- ral holes in the Ground, 2 or 3 yards deep, to get at it ', but Vie were ‘happy ftill to have it upon any terms. In this place we lay all night, having fet fome Men to watch, and kindl’d fome Fires to pre-, vent the wild Beafts coming upon us. The 20th, Early in the morning we march’d on thro’ great Woods and Defer t-places, where we favy and heard nothing but Elephants, Tygers, Bears, &c. there being no Man in all that part of the Country. We came in the forenoon to an Arm of a Salt-River that reach’d into the Land a great way j fo that we were forc’d to wade over, after we had Raid about three hours, till the ebb was at theloweft j and then too we were all forc’d to ftrip, and pack up all Our Cloaths, Provifions, and Arms, and carry them on our Heads. We werealmofl: half a quarter of an hour going over j and it was fo deep, that fome of the leaft of our Men, had much to do fo keep the Water from running in at their mouths, borne that thought to be wifer than our Guides, went up to a place where they faw the Wa- ter run very rough, becaufe it was not fb deep there. It was but fhallow indeed, but the ftream was fo ftrong there, that it threw, ’em off out of their to the Eaft-Indies." 507 their depth, and drown’d molt of ’em. We being got over made hafte on, for we were by this time in want of Water again, and the bell allay of our thirfl we could get, was our Bullets which we rov^l’d about in our mouth to moiften them. At night we lay Itill at a place, whence thofe that would of necelTity drink were forc’d to go a- bout a mile for Water, and then dig for it too. After they had made each of them their hole, they drank their fill, and then laid down in it for cool- nefs, and took a nap there. The 2ith, Three Soldiers came to meet us with three Horfes lent from Mmara for the Officers. We got upon them with a very good will, while the poor fellows were forc’d to drudge on without Shoes or Stockings (in the fame manner as they fet out ). We arriv’d all at Arisen about 3 of the clock in the afternoon, having gone about 22 Leagues in our three days march -, which was very bard for our Men, who went all the way barefoot. Arisen is a pretty ftrong place, kept by 20 Dutch Soldiers, provided with 4 Field-pieces, and other Warlike JNeceffaries convenient for a place of that big- nefs. ^ h , Many Malabarians, live, aboutrit, of whom' oge may buy Flelh, Mil^, Butter, Eggs, , Fowls',” cheap enough t And we Ijpught here two pretty good ^ullocks.^r ,one Rixdolfefyj/^at fervid, both :Our Gbrapanif^./ , • This plgc^e^d?-chiefly de^gVdfVo keep tffi ■bank from ^b^ing-rfifti’d by my.ojaie, that'h4thtiQ'|fi- tletoit, whieh,’isan offence pup^irnahle with death. very hnlfeaithy there, 49^ no European but piufi; expeft a feyer that wdl ki him^dlrfiedlay's there long. ^ FprYwhich 'realbn they, are exenang^l from Mmarn^' ev’ry four months y and yet they loiic generally half their Men. W^.ft^id there ail night, and ’ . ‘ 5o8 Mr.%QhQ\N{izt^''s Voyage On the 22th, We march’d away again, and at night came by the Ifland Manara^ to go to which we were to crofs the Waters, which is about a mile broad : It is fix miles from Arisen. We were very kindly receiv’d by the Dutch Captain that lay there j and treated very nobly with Flefti and Fifh, which is here in great plenty. This Ifland, as we mention’d before, hath feven miles compafs : It is inhabited by feveral Malabars, and abounds in Flelh, Fowls, and fruitful Trees ^ and all the Water about it affords plenty of Fifh. In Ihort, it may be call’d an Earthly Paradife. The Foi[t is well provided, and is kept by near loo Dutch Soldiers. Each Soldier keeps a Boy to clean his Arms and carry them for him, and a Woman to look after his Meat and ferve him. Proportijo- nably to this, the Officers live in very great State. We lay here three days, and The i(5th,’ We went in three Dutch Boats to Jaf- napatan, where we arriv’d on The 27th, And were very well receiv’d, and Quarter’d in the Fort that lies to the Sea. The 28th, 29th, and 30th, Our Men were ex- ercis’d, and 20 Elephants were brought upon the place whilfl: we Fir’d, to ufe them to Hand it with- out flatting in War. At firft they were very fear- ful and untradable, not being able to bear the noife and fmoak of our Guns, tofling up their Trunks, and were very furious. At lafl they were brought to it fb, that an Indian could get upon them, and ride about a Furlong away from us, and then drive them upon us, (we firing againll them|Bi all the while,) at length they’d break our Ranks, take what care we could ^ and tho’ we Ihot in their very Nofes; and if the Cingulayans that rid them jeii had not prevented them.with their Inflruments,they would have trampl’d us under foot. To tk: poo are Tk) 1001 The to the Eaft-Indies. ^09 The I ft of December, Two Companies of Sol- diers came to ns from the Coaft of Cormmdel^ out of the Fort PalUacate^ and Nagapatan. They were Quarter’d in a Stable, ufed generally to keep Ele- phants in. The 2d, Another Company came from Gata^ Battacnla^ and Triconomala. The 3d, We had a general Mufter, and march’d with our 7 Companies, and 8 Field-pieces drawn by Elephants, and 20 others Elephants befides, out of the Fort of Jafnapatan. And being drawn out in. the Fields there, we were commanded to inclofe our Leaders^ that is, to form our felves into a Ring, where we heard the Articles of War read to us. ’Jafnapatan bears the Name of a Email Kingdom, which the Dutch took by furprize from the Fortu- guefes. Its Fort is well built, and ftrong ^ having four Baftions, two Towers, a Counterfcarp, and a deep Ditch, It lies upon a Salt-water on the fide of where the Dutch have built a very ftrong fine Key. All the chief Officers lodge within the Fort wdth their Wives. The under Officers and Soldiers Wives live amongft the other Inhabitants in the Town, which is about a League in compafs ; But there are a great many Gardens in it, and many poorfmall Hutts^ as alfo fair large Streets. There are two different Market-places in it ^ the one for Fifh, the other is for all forts of Commodities, as Silks, Linnen, Pearls, Gold, Silver, Spices, Salt, 1 Blitter, Allum, Tobacco, Rats and Mice, Herbs, , all forts of Colours 5 in Ihort, all a Man can delire. it Their current Money is made of Copper, and is in either Shillings, Two-pences, Peny-pieces, Dama- j \afties^ Half-penies, and Farthings. One may buy [ o or 1 5 Figs for a Farthing, that are almoft a fpaii ?io Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage long ^ and fometimes 2 or 3 Pounds of Filh for the fame price : So that a Man that goes to Market with 4 or 5 Farthings, may buy Provifions to ferve a common Family two days for his Money. 1 met here with an acquaintance of mine, a Phy- lician, who was chief Chirurgeon to the Dutch Ho- fpital, and Phyfician to Min Heer Lanrent Pill^ the Governor, and was much efteem’d among the Na- tives of the Country for his Abilities, and the great Cures he perform’d. The 4th, We march’d out. Our Major Clehont went firft, carry’d by Slaves in a Palarikin, a fort of Sedan, I have already mention’d. After him march’d the 6 Companies, with each an Elephant to draw the Baggage. It was fuppos’d that we were defign’d to march to Wani^ where the Inhabitants had chofen a new Prince without confent of the Dutch, their Prince Don Philip being Dead ^ and defign’d to free themfelves for the future from pay- ing Tribute to Jafna^atan. But as foon as theyun- derftood that we were drawing towards ’em, they fent to meet us with ten Elephants, with offers to continue willingly a yearly Tribute of Elephants and Money, on conditions we would fecure then? from the King of Candi. The Major fent them to Jafnafatan with a Let- ter, and we came at night to a place call’d Pas~PiH, where a Dutch Garrifon lay. Here the Hutts were ready for our Men, and provided with neceflaries againfi; our coming. The 5th, 6th, and 7th, We lay ftill here, being much tir’d with going ten Leagues in a day in all that heat, and fo fandy a Country. We found there three great Dutch Ships that were come from tavia. The 8th, Four of our Companies, 'viz.. The two that came from Colmnhoi, the other two from Corman- delj were to Embark fecretly, and the two other Com- to the Eaft-Indies. Companies were to remain in the Fort, by reafbn of the Troubles that were in IVam, That very eve- ning we fet forwards for the Coaft of Corman- del. The pth, Early in the morning, we came before Nega^atan. Here a Dutch Yatch joyn’d us, and two other Veflels, together with three great Boats well Mann’d with Seamen. With this Fleet we fail’d along the Coall: by Kranch Baar^ a City belonging to the King of Denmark^ and lying 8 Leagues from Nega^atan. We fail’d by the Danifli Admiral that lay in the Road, with two other Ships, to whoni we ftruck our Pendants. We pafs’d on by Bono Novo^ a Fort that belongs to the Moors, under the command of the King of Folkendal. They had a great many Boats before it, and one at a diltanceto watch the reft. This one put up a Flag, and fir’d a Piece for a Signal ^ and of a fudden they were all under Sail, taking us for Enemies. But it was but a falfe alarm of theirs •, for our defign was only up- on the Fort PoUcere (which is not far from St. Tho- moi) into which many Soldiers that had deferted from the Viceroy Lakay^ were got ; And this Fort we had orders to Invefl and Demolilh, becaufe it was a great hindrance to the Dutch Commerce; But on the 21 th, A Yatch met us, that was co- ming to bring us word, that the French, upon no- tice of our coming, were fled out of the Fort, and gone to the King of Folkendal. So we went back to Naga^dtm^ where we arriv’d The nth, at night, and call Anchor there. We heard that the Moors had drove away a Dutch Mer- chant that was Regifterer, and Secretary of Mata- ^ataa^ and had feiz’d all his Goods ; Upon w'hich we fent 2 of our Boats with 1 50 men to redrefs this Injury. And on the 13th, They came back with an ac- count of their good fuccefs^ and that they had re- X 4 ftor’d ^12 Jkfr.Schewitzer’/ Voyage flror’d the Merchant his Habitation, and forc’d the Moors to give back all they had taken from him. Our Ship being to take up 400 quarters of Rice at this place, we lay Itill there till The 1 2th of January, 1679, When we fet fail, and came on The 1 3th, To a Dutch Fort call’d Pmtode Pedre^ a very pleafant place, having great plenty of Oni- ons, Tamarins, Figgs, Cocos, Jager, and Areck- trees, which make delicate lhady Walks, fome of ’em a mile or two long ^ and a fine Campaign Coun- try ^ There we lay all night, and very well lodg’d we were. The 14th, Early in the morning, we march’d on foot to Jafnapatat?. I was very dry in the march j and coming to a Malabarian Village, I flipp’d into a little Hutt to get me Ibme milk to drink. I found an old Woman there with her Daughter : I defir’d a Pint of milk, and they gave it me, asking me a Damagas for it C which is two-pence ; ) I drunk it ofl-^ and having paid mf money, went away to overtake the reft of my Company ; and not think- ing of any thing, I was immediately fhot jn the Leg with pne Arrow, and with another in my Thigh. I pull’d them out, and look’d all about me^ but could not perceive any body, nor whence they fhould come. However I thought to fright them, and cry’d out, 0 Nay^ DayoH^ mettene Landes ingii- warre which fignifies, Te dogs^ there are more Dutch a coming. But that was all the revenge I could have;, for I durft not complain of it, becaufe it was done by ftealth, and contrary to our orders, that I ftopt there. So I went put of the Village as faft as I could, and ftopp’d my Wounds with an old rag, that I wfed to wrap the lock of my Fuill in, and overtook ray Company, and went on to J.afnaparan III great pain. There pur Poft was ^ and I immedi- ately went to my Countryman the Phyfidan,, who to the Eaft-Indies. 515 who Cur’d me-, but was forc’d to cut open my Wounds, becaufe the Arrows were poifon’d. We llaid there till The 14th of February, And then we were car- ried back in Boats to Manara. There was a VelTel here that, would have held us all very well, but the Captain-Lieutenant would take but one Company in with him, wanting room for good quantity of Hogs and Onions, that he had a mind to carry to Colombo to trade with. We had very good Quar- ters here, and ftaid till The 1 ft of March, Then we were divided, and went in two Boats : The one was a large Dutch one, call’d the Elephant -, the other a poor little Malla- barifli one, into which it was my lot to go : It was quite open, and had neither Rudder, nor Compafs. But thofe in the Dutch VelTel told us that we Ihould not want one, if we would but follow ’em j we told ’em we would if Vv^e could ^ ,but we gave our felves over for loft,and never expeded that it would carry us over the Sea. However we went well e- hough while the day lafted:^ but towards the even- ing, coming to the Pearl Bank at Arifen^ it began to' Rain, and blow exceedingly. The Wind was good, but fo ftrong, that we were afraid of over- turning ev’ry minute. Our four Seamen, who were Malabarians, thought good to keep as. nigh to the fhore as we could ^ all of us thought very well of that too : But the Rogues, more afraid than we, as foon as they came in fight of the Lahd, leap’d into the Sea, and left us, and fwam to fhore. By mere good fortune we had forpe Soldiers amongft us, that had been Saylors, who manag’d the Sails and' Stern. I had chofen to lay me down by the Hearth, where they ufed to drefs their Viduals, to keep my felf and my Writings dry ^ but the Rain beat upon me, and mixing the Afhes and Soot with it, I look’d next morning like a Chimney-Sweeper j 514 Mr. Schtwltztv^s Voyage but the befi: on’t was, that I kept my Papers very fafe. This was a bitter night ; and in the morn ing we ftruck upon a little marlhy Ifland, and there ftaid till day, to fee which way we were to take. There was an old fellow with us, that knew where-about Cdpntin was, being well acquainted with the Country ^ by the help of his Diredions, we thruft off our Boat, and fail’d by many other little Iflands like this, and got in fight of Cdftntin^ and by the next morning to it. Here we found the fellows that fhould have been our Guides, but had bafely left us. We lay ftill here till the 5 th Jnftant. CHAP. to the Eaft-Indies, 315 CHAP. VII. The manner of Fijlnng for Pearls : Why this fort of Fi fling was laid by for feven years. The Anthor's departure from Calpintin to Columbo. The Dan- gers he went through in his fourney. Comes to Co- lumbo. Prefents fent by the Governor to the King of Candi : What they were. The Author is ordered to go along with them. In what bafe manner the Can- dians receiv’d the Prefents ^ and then treacheroufly fell upon thofe that brought them. How they came off^ and in their retreat defray’d two Heathen Tem- ples. What flrange things happen’d ^hile they were about it. They return to Columbo. The Gates there are Jhut up twice a day.^ and why. An account of Sittawack, and of the Amboinefes who ferve the Dutch Company there. Precious Stones in the Earth and in the Rivers ^ where moB found. A Defcription of them j and where^ and how they grow. What po- licy the Author was forc’d to ufe to get a Saphir of an Old Cingulayan. A f range Cock. An Elephant fails into a We If out of which there was no getting of him. An Earthquake. BEfore I proceed, I will inform the Reader how the Pearls are got here, how Filh’d for, and how Sold. The Bank, where they are, lies in the Sea, not far from the Land. It is about twenty miles long, and two broad j from feven to ten Fathoms deep. It belongs at this time to the Hollanders. The Oy- fters in which the Pearls are found, are about the breadth of one’s hand. They Hick to the bot- toms of Rocks, fome twenty or thirty together. There are People to look every year, dnd fee whe- ther 5 1 6 Mr. Schewitzer’j Voyage ther the Pearls are ripe^ when they are lb, they write to all the neighbouring Kings to let them know what time the Fifliing is to begin. Then the Divers are fent, who are Malabarian Fiihermen, who come with their Boats, and fome Stones along with them. Each Diver hangs a Stone upon his Foot to fink him the fooner ^ when he is at the bot- tom, he fills his Net with Oyfirers, and then loofens himfelf from the Stone. Then the Stone, together with the Net, is drawn up by another Malabarian in the Boat, whilft the Man fiioots himfelf up to fetch breath. When they have thus fill’d their Boat with Oyfters, they row to Land, and throw them out. There is a Dutch Soldier waits on each Boat, to fee that the Malabarians do not take any of the Pearls away. The tliree firft days thefe Boats are all em- ploy’d for the Eaft-India Company ; after this they may Fifhfor themfelves paying a Rixdoller a day for every Diver. The Oyfters are laid in heaps on the Shore, and the Merchants come there to buy them. They are Ibid at the rate of eight hundred for a Rixdollar. The gain or lofs of the Buyer depends on meer chance; For fome may be find no Pearls in all they buy 5 others make vaft advantage of their Bar- gain. There hath been no Fifhing here for thefe eight years. Some fuperftitioufly think that the place is bewitched; Others give this for a reafon (which I rather approve of ) that the boifteroufnefs of the Sea hath cover’d the Oyfters with Sand, fo that they cannot come at them. The 5th, In the morning all our Company went in the Boat call’d the Elephant •, and having the Wind for us, we expefted to reach to Columho by night. The number of the Soldiers and Officers was in all no. We had but a fmall Vefiei with Water, a bulhell of Rice, a fmall Buffler, and a young to the Eaft-Indles. 517 yoirag Buck ; which two laft things were fora pre- fent to the Governor. Thus the Boat was quite full, and no Man had room to lye down, but was forc’d to keep his Seat. The Wind blew North : But at noon it ceas’d, and then we went but flowly ; but we kept in fight of Land all along on our left hand. Toward night, the Wind arofe again-, and and then we made Ibme fpeed. Therefore' the Stcerfii men bad us all look out fharp for ColHtnbo, where we earneftly defir’d to be, efpecially becaufe our Water Vefiel was every drop drunk out. The 7th, By break of day, we found that we were carry’d wide off of it by the llrength of the current, and partly by the overfight of our Steerf- raan : For we could fee no Colnmho^ nor Land nei- ther. All the Officers were very angry with him for’t, and would certainly have thrown him into Sea, if he had not got up to the top of the Malt, where they made him flay all that day for his Pu- niffiment. Our Captain confulted the Map of the Ifland Ceylon^ and he direded us fomewhat in our courfe^ and about night we got in light of Pico- £ Adam ^ or Adames- Hill ^ and at fix of the Clock next morning we got happily to^ Cohunbo. It was high time for us to get thither, confideting that wc had been two days and three nights without Meat or Drink. The Steerfman begg’d we would par- don him, and not complain of him to the Go- vernor. The 8th, As foon as the Gates were open’d, we enter’d the City and went to our refpeftive Polls. The Captain, with whom I fpent fome time whfn'I was here before, fent to me to defire me to make his Houfe my own again, if I pleafed. I did not make any refufal of fo advantagious a proffer, but accepted of it, and I ftaid with him' till The 16th, When I was order’d to go with feve- ral others to carry a Prefen t, which the Governor feat 5 1 8 Mr. Schewitzer’jr Voyage fent to the King of CmS j during which time I had the Title and Office of Captain. The Prefents were, two Perfian Horfes, with fine Velvet Cloaths ' and Trappings, each Horfeled by two Malabarian Slaves: Ten Falcons, each carry’d by a Malabarian drefs’d all in white: Six Musk-Cats, each in a diffe- rent Cage, carry’d by two Slaves : Six very large Cocks from TiitHcurini^ each of them likewife in a Cage, cover’d with green Velvet: Two Perfian Sheep, each with a Tail that weigh’d 20 or 25 pound : A Box that had two Bottles in it, that held each of them fix Gallons of Perfian Wine : Befides this, a great piece of Sandel Wood, that weigh’d 200 pound, wrapp’d up in fine white Linnen. The Letter that was to be deliver’d to the King, was carry’d in a Silver Cap by a Serjeant bare-headed, and a Canopy was carry’d over it by four Cingu- layan Nobles: By each of which another went with a large Wax-Candle lighted as long as a half Pike. Our march began in order at the Governor’s Houfe. Some Companies of Cingulailh Soldiers went firft 5 then fome Companies of Dutch *, then the Prefents^ after them two Companies more of Dutch. Thefe were order’d to go as far as the King of Candida refidential Town, Ruenel. All the City was in Arms, and all the Cannon was Fir’d round, and a Dutch Company that condufted us out of Town gave three Vollies and went back again. We, together with the others before-mention’d, went on with the Prefents. At night we came to a place, where Dutch Potters live, two Leagues from Columbo ^ there we lay that night, and the next morning march’d on, and came The 17th, At night to Hanquelle oxGonrwebel^ a Dutch Fort, where we lay. The to the Eaft-Indies, 519 The 18th, We had a very unpleafant and dirty way, and were not a little tormented with Blood- fnckers, till we came to the Fort Sinawack^ which is in polTellion of the Dutch, and 1 2 Leagues diftant from Cohimbo. Immediately Letters were written, on leaves of Sugar-trees, and difpatch’d to the Co- rd of Candi at Ruenel-^ to acquaint him with our being come thither, with a Prefent for the King his Mafter^ and that, he fliould permit them to come forwards, if he pleas’d to receive them. But not a word of anfwer did we get, and we flaid here in expedation of it fix whole Weeks, till the end of September. At lalt we had Diredions fent us ivom Colidmbo.^ which were. That we (bouldgo four Leagues farther beyond Rnend^ and deliver them to the Cord^ and then come back. And accordingly The ift of Odober, We went^ and after ha- ving eroded feven little Rivers, we came to RueneL This Fort heretofore belong’d to the Dutch, but was abandon’d by them, tho’ themfeives had built it. There we crofs’d over, and having march’d a League further, we came to a large Plain, where we halted a while to red; and refredi our felves. By that time we had been there about half an hour, we faw and heard feveral fmall Parties of Cingulefes coming upon us fromev’ry fide. Our chief Com- mander fent fome Cingulayans to ask what they meant to do ? They anfwer’d them, that the King of Candi had fent them to take the Prefents we had brought. We would not trud; ’em. So we put our f^lves in order, and ftood oyr Ground. Tjfieir number -ftill encreafed, and they came very, thick out of a Wood. At lad; their Artillery (vdi^ich. was v^ y fmall) appear’d too, and then they drew tow^ards us. We fent again to ’em to know what they de- ign’d to do with their Artillery, and wheiherthis was' ^20 Mr. s Voyage was their cuftom to repay Civilities ? They told us their Field-pieces were not loaded. We would have been glad to have been at home again, for we were but two Compianies of Dutch of 1 6o Men each, and two or three hundred Cingulay- ans j and thefe Heathens were almoft innumerable. They appeared as thick as Grafs on the Field. The Prefents were fent for by the Monthou^ who was one of the King’s Chief Officers, and an under Officer took them and delivered them to him. He Recei- ved them, and he giving no orders for their Artille- ry to be difeharged, we gave no Volley of our fide. Our Officer defir^d to Ipeak to .the King’s Saudi in Perfon, and a place was appointed for them to meet at, equally diftant from them both. The Saudi came upon an Elephant, and our Officer Was oh Horfe-hack. Thefe two forts of Creatures are not to be brought near one another, wherefore they were forced to light, and meet a-foot. The Saudi did not take offhis Cap, becaufe he be- long’d to Crown’d a Head : Ours only reprefented a body of Merchants, and Deputy Governors. Our Officer complained of the manner of our Re- ception, and ask’d why lb many thoufand Men were drawn out againlt us, knowing that we had but two Companies of Dutch : The reafon the Saudi gave was, ’ That his Mailer had commanded it to be fo j fo they parted, but neither would draw his Men off firll. At laff. Night coming upon us, we were forced to retire. They let us pafs by quietly enough till we were got to the River by Ruend (which is moll like the Rhine of any I ever faw But as foon as one of our Companies was got over, they fell upon the Rear of the other. Our Cingulayans took the R iver, and fwamover, leaving us in the lurch. We continu- ed Firing upon them, and they upon us j till We were all got quite over. We loll our Lieutenant and two ta the Eaft-Indies. 521 two private Soldiers. We killed feveral of theirs, and wounded many more. We had a very bad way to go, and it fell a Raining, which made it more Dirty and Slippery, fo that we could not go fo fall as we would have done. We retired towards Sittawack^ and palTed by a fteep Rock j whence it is reported. That the late King of Sittarvackh Wife and Daughter flung themfelves down headlong, having received the News that he had loft the Bat- tle againft the King of Candi. The Candians all the while came after us, but were not able to do us any great harm, becaufe the ways were fo narrow that they could not come up to ns. Yet we were forced every now and then to Fire in the Rear of us. The id, 3d and 4th we refted at Sittawack^ the next day we deftroyed two Heathenifh Temples not far from that places they were built upon a rifing Ground, and cut out of a vaft Rock : Within they were adorned with many Images and i Statues of Wood and Stone, reprefenting Devils, &c. Under one of the Pagods we found a dark black hole, as it were grown fo with Smoak, no : body durft venture to creep im Wethiewfome t Straw into it, and Fired it, but we could not found !i the Depth or Length of it. Some Fellows were e mightily afraid of ftanding near the hole, and were i afraid that we ihould poke fome Gingulayan Devil c out of it j but if he was there, he did not come out, nor did we find out what it was made for, e We had feveral Lutherans - and Papifts amongft e us;, the firft ofthefe fella Singing fome Spiritual r Hymns in the Temple, that had that hole under it. r The Papifts went together into the other, and they 1 having among them an Old Fellow that had been a • ! 'a Prieft heretofore, he fell to faying Mafs. There e i was on the fudden fuch a noife, and thundring, and d I cracking, that we thought we Ihould have been ail Y blown 0 ^22 M-. SchewitzerV Voyage blown up, or that the Temple would have fallen up- on us, Some run out thinking to be fafer, but the noife and hurly-burly was greater there than with- in, fo that fome came in again j and this continued a quarter of an Hour. The (5th we came away, and toward the Even- ing entred into Columho •, where we found two great Ships lying in the Road come from Japan^ with Cop- per, Gold, China and Saccapali which is a liquor of a faint fmell, but very wholfome. The 7th I was ordered to my Poll:, which was at the Gate call’d V'iEloria^ where I ftay’d till the 2d of February i58d. I had no Men under me. The Caftle Gates were open’d and fhur, every Morning and Night at Six of the Clock, and all the Keysty’d together with a Silver Chain, were car- ried to the Governor : The Gates are fhut likewife from Eleven to One a Clock in the Day time, that being the hotteft part of the Day, and therefore generally taken to deep in. We Exercifed our Men every Mondy, and every Sunday we went con- llantly twice a Day to Church, where Divine Ser- vice was performed in Dutch and Portuguefe, after the Reformed way. The 9th Inftant we went to relieve the Com- pany that was at Sittawack, Twelve Leagues from Columbo-^ we got there that Night, and the next Day being The loth, the Company march’d out and left ns. And here Iftiall give the Reader fome fhort Account of the Fort of Sittawack : It is fcituated upon a Rocky Ground ^ near to this, juft over the River, ftood heretofore the King of Sittawackh Pa- lace, ruin’d fince by the Portuguefe : It is about four hundred Paces in Circuit : It is built four- Iquare, with fourBaftions, call’d, Rycloff^ Louifa^ Colnmbo, and Gala ; Each of thefe Baftions hath two Pieces of large Cannon. In the middle of this to the Eaft-Indies. 52^ place is a large fquare Bulwark: Under thisare kept the Provifions, as Rice, Flelh, Salt, and Bran- dy ; and the Ammunitions of War, Powder, Gra- nadoes, and Balls : Over that was the Guard Roonj, where all the Men lay \ at each corner of which were two fmall Pieces of Cannon. Half the Men might have leave to be out of the Fort in the Day- time, but at Night they were to be in, every Man, upon pain of Death. Every Night the Names were call’d over, and Prayers Read \ and on Sunday Night we had a Sermon preach’d in the Guard- Chamber. Here is alfo a Company of Amboinefes continually kept in the Dutch Service. Their Lieu- tenant was call’d Alons^ and was of Royal Blood. They live in the Town altogether, and with their Huts they make a very pretty Street, and they have their Wives with them. But at Night they are as much obliged to be in the Fort as any of us. They are very nimble and aftive at Running or Leaping. They never have but little Beards, and behind in their Necks they have a fort of bunch grows like a Wen. Their Pay is, for a Lieutenant 24 Rix Dollars a Month, anEnfign id', a Corporal 8, a Private Centinel 5, all paid in Mony. The Cingulayans are mightily afraid of the Am- boinefes, and rather more than the Europeans are \ for they are great devourers of Men. They wear Muskets and fhort Swords. Belides their own Lan- guage, they generally fpeak Maleyfli, Cingulaifh, Portuguefe, qnd Dutch. They love Gaming exceE lively, and the day time they generally fpend in Cock'fighting,Cards, and Dice ^ and when they have loft all their Mony, they go to fome work or other, as Carving feveral things in Stone or Wood, &c. till their Month’s Pay comes into their hands again, and as foon as they have paid their Debts, what is left they put to the venture \ and when they have loft that, it is much if the Wife is not ftrip’d of all 324 M'. ScbewitzerV her Ornaments tofupply.him in the purfuit of his Gaming, and the Family is left often in an extream neceffity, and ready to llarve. , As for Sittavpach^ it is a Fort delign’d to refift the King of Candl : It hath three little Counties or Carls depending upon it, the one is call’d Cuculi and in Dutch the Hoender Grafschap^ (^Hoender fig- nifyin-g FovpIs^ which are there in abundance •,) the fecond is call’d Bulatkam-Corl^ from the quantity of Plants it produces, which ferve for Food to the Inhabitants : The third Bifang-Corl^ from the great quantity of Figs that grow there. In each of thefe are fome hundreds of Peafants that are under Contribution, and are forced to pay a fourth part of all their Rice to the Fort, and likewife of their Fruit-bearing Trees, as Cocoj, A Sugar. This Fort befides ferves for a Guard upon all the pretious Stones, as Rubies, Saphyrs, Emeralds, the Topaz and Azure Stones, that lie in and upon the Ground: They arefometimes walht into the Rivers by the great Rain and Water Floods. In the River that runs from Sajfrigam (which was once a Dutch Fortification, but now left ) one may find abundance of little Rubies, and fometimes a pretty large one ^ the very Sand of that River is al- molt of the fame fubftance with the Stones, beings of a Red and Blue Colour. We often ufed to go to bath in that River, and feek for precious Stones, but not when the Water was high, for fear of the Crocodiles j though it was not worth any Man’s while, unlefs he could fwim, and venture to dive in the deepeft places for ’em j becaufe it is there only that thofe ot any conllderable bignefs are to be found. There is a little rivulet that runs below this Fort, coming from between two high Hills, and difcharges or empties it felf into the River, in which are found Saphyrs, Emeralds, Topaz and.Lazule- S tones : to the Eaft-Indles. 525 Stones : We have walk’d many a day in this Water for two or three Miles an end, to look for ’em. We had little Basket-nets which the Amboinefes lent ns y and we us’d to thrnfl: the Nets into holes, and fetch’d out good and bad together, and (hake out of the Net all the Sand and Gravel, and the Stones that were of any bignefs remain’d. Thofe that had no Net made but but little on’t. The Elephants us’d to be very troublefome to us, and we were forc’d often to go fome Miles about to avoid them, and I for my part was always provided with a Gun againlh them and for fear too of Tygers and Ser- pents. A fmall account of the Nature of thefe Stones will not be unpleafant to the Reader wherefore I will, as far as 1 know, give as brief an account of them as lean: And firlt for the Rubies, they grow in a reddifh, llony, Tandy Ground, one Fathom or two deep, fpreading themfelves like Veins, and though the great Floods carry them away in the Rivers ^ they keep their Beauty and Colour as well under water as under ground, bat if the water runs off of them, and leaves them ever fo little expofed to the Sun^ they turn as black as a Coal. The Saphirs grow in a hard bluifh ground, about a Fathom deep, and in veins too, and are wafht likewife into rhe Rivers by the violent Rains and Flood. Some are as big as the top of one’s Finger So are Emeralds, Topazes, and Lazule-ffones, thefe are as Red as Fire, and as Blue as the Skie. Another fort of frone is found here, call’d Cat’s Eyes: Thefe are fo call d from their colour, which is a changable Blue and White. « Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, and White Chry- ftal is to be found every where, and is very trouble- fome to Men upon their March, when they go bare- Y 3 foot. 5 26 ik/r. Schewitzer’i Voyage foot, as all our Men did, but they find an Herb ve- ry common there, which they call Horfe-foot, that cures them in two or three days time. Some of our Company us’d to frequent thofe Ri- .vers every day, and at laft all of ’em contrafl:- ed fome Dillemper, and that was all that fome got by it ^ wherefore our Olficers gave orders that no man Ihould go any more into the water upon that defign. On a certain time that I was upon no Duty, I went about a League from the Fort, where I fpy’d an old Cingulayan, with his two Sons, in the River feeking Stones : I took care to come up to them without being difcovered, leaft they Ifiould have dipt away ^ I ask’d ’em if they had found any ftones, one of ’em anfwer’d, Netti Rdu^ which is, no Sir ^ I would not believe him, fo I fearch’d his Cloaths, and found in fome of his Buttons, among other little Saphyrs, one that was about the bignefsofa Hazel Nut. I askt him if he would fell it, he re- fus’d it at firft, but at laft he offer’d it me, and two final! ones with it, for half a Dollar, Dutch Mony. I had at that prelent time no Mony by me, and I durft not take it by force from the old Fellow nei- ther, becaufe he was a fiibjeft of the Dutch ^ and what to do I could not tell, having a great mind to the ftone too: I had a piece of Chryftal in my Pocket, which I took out, and convey’d the Saphir into my mouth ^ fo I told him I would give him his price if he would goto Sittavoacl^ and offering to give him it again, to keep till then, I let the Piece of Chryftal fall into the Water, he thinking it was his ftone, cry’d out, OLeine BaUtie^ which figni- fies. Plague it is gone : I feem’d concern’d, and told him he might find it again. He and his Sons went to feek for it, but to no purpofe : They were mighty forry for their iofs j I told them I would jnakq them fome recojnpence, and took them with to the Eaft-Indies. ^27 me to SittawacJi^ where I gave theirt three fhillings, and they went away very well fatisfied. I made nfe of this flratagem, becanfe if I had left the ftone in their keeping, they would have miftrulled me, and never have come to the Fort after me. The Tenth of March I went with two other Lu- theran Gentlemen, (each of us having a Gun with us,) to the Hill, where we had not long fince de- ftroyed the two Pagods, to fee what condition they were in. Wefound them ruin’d as we had left them, and poked again in the dark hole •, But I believe . we had routed the Devil the time before, for we could not make him roar any more, do what we could. At the bottom of the Hill 1 faw’ abundance of fine Cocks and Hens, and I bought fome of the Hens and one Cock of an old Woman they belong’d to. She told me that the Cock I bought was confa- crated for an Offering , while the Pagods ftood, and therefore that I ffiould not kill him, and that he would beat any Cock whatfoever. I laugh’d at the ftory, and yet was a little afraid becanfe it was de- lign’d for the Devil, and did not know but he might come and fetch him. However I ventur’d upon him, and' paid as I did for my Hens, a Dutch peny for each ot them. Being come to the Fort, 1 let him run there: In tv/o or three days he fought and beat every Cock in the Fort that he could come nigh. Every Body wondred at the fiercenefs of this little Cock, and I began to think that what the old Woman had told me might be true. Atlaffc I made a trade of Cock-fighting, and I gotall the Amboinefes about me. They laid wagers among themfelves, and I only won the Cocks that mine beat, which amounted to two or three and thirty. At lafl they ignorantly hit the Nail on the head, faying that the Devil was in him. Being to go to again, I took him with me, and thought he would have done as great feats there, but he was Y 4 over- 328 Schewitzer’^ Voyage overmatched with a Cock that came from TMHeurini^ that beat him luftily. The 2d of March, A Laferin came to Town, and told us that an Elephant was fall’n into the King’s Well, on the other fide of the River. I went with feveral others, andfaw him lye at the bottom fquee- zed together, Handing almoft up an end, but his Legs bent, and he was very uneafie. We took fome Fig leaves which we threw down to him^ he took ’em very thankfully, and eat them. At lall he lif- ted up his Probofes, and made a horrid noife, which we interpreted as a begging us to help him out ^ but belying 12 Fathoms deep, we could not polTi- bly do it. One of our Drummers was there with us *, who having been purfued one time by an Ele- phant, as he was Hunting, knew this to be the Ele- phant, that had put him fo hard to his Ihifts ^ for if it had not been for a large Tree that he climb’d up into, he had certainly been kill’d. The Drummer to be reveng’d of him, went the next day by himfelf, threw a great many dry Hicks upon him, and fome Hraw, and fet it all on Fire, and then came home and told us the exploit. The 3d of the fame Month about 8 or 9 of the Clock at night. We felt a very violent Earthquake comingfrom the Northward, which Ihook our Block- houfe extreamly. All the Men that lay in the Guard Room were awaked out of their deep, and thought it was an Alarm. Ev’ry body would make haHe to com*e out, and ev’ry body would be firH down Hairs. The Throng was intolerable ^ and in the buHle the Lamp went out, which made the grea- ter Confufion ^ fo that at lalt very few went out as they Ihould do, but fell down Hairs. We felt three feveral Hakes, the laH of w'hich was fo very violent, that we thought the whole Ifland would have been loH ^ and we heard from the Seamen that iay in the Road before Columbo^ that they had felt * - - I * V - . . . . - {f to the Eaft-Indies. ^29 it very fenfibly too. What concluilons may be i drawn from this, of the caufes of Earthquakes, I leave Natu;aiills to agree about if they pleafe or can. CHAP. VIII. The vp-th three others^, go a Hunting. They 77 rh Flcfha^.ts.^ and kill one of them. All forts oj -..nununis C'eaturcs come to Sittawack, to fave thchfil from / Water^ that ove'^'flovp’d all the Lard aboi’.i it. 7 heir manner of Huntinq. Envoys th. t tank TO bring Frefents to the King of Candi, kefc Frilonetr by hm. Two EngUf^-men kept for Slaves in C-tijdi, make their ejeape^ andcome to Siz- tawackj the} dl a pr-af ant Story of a Country fellow that had ifcd a Fnhy for a Whetfione fever al Tears. The Author and the Englifh-men come to Columbo, where they are treated very civily. He goes to Cor- mandel, thence to Columho again. Execution done. The Author is made Secretary of the Eaft-lndia-houfe. A few turns Chriflian.^ and Marries a Cingulaijh Gen» ^ tlewoman, ADefeription VColumbo^ and an Ac~- ' ~ -count of the JlTanners of that place^ their AHrriages.^ kc. ' I Spent all the Month of March in Hunting, and 1 liv’d altogether upon what Game I ufed to bring home with me. Upon a certain night the Moon being at Full (knowing it would be light all night ) I, with three Gentlemen more, went out f into a fair Plain, about a league from Sittawack., where we defign’d to have fome Stags. We fet, our felves down at the fide of a Hill, to watch the wild Beafts, that we expected would come out of a. i Wood to feed where we yvere, there being very prafs. 350 Mr.Sch.QWitztv's Voyage The firlt that appear’d were Bufflars, amoog which there was a Stag ; they came direftly to the place where one of our Company was (who was a Swede) and did not know what Creature it was. Asfoon as thefe came to fraell him, they took to the top of the Hill again immediately, and made a great noife there. On the other fide we heard feveral E- lephants making towards us. About Mid-night, being tir’d with fitting, we got together to ask one another’s Advice, what we fhould do, when the Elephants came. We refolv’d to fall upon them ^ becaufe we concluded they kept the Game from co- ming into the Dale, and fo fpoil’d our fport. When we got into the middle of the Plain, an Elephant broke out of the Wood, and run at us immediately : Wfe took to our Heels, and run as fall: as we could to the place where we firlt fat down -, there we took Courage again, and refolv’d to go on again, and that not one of us would run away, as we had done before : At the left hand of the Plain, we law two great Elephants by a Tree eating the Leaves of it. The Swede would Ihew the greatelt Courage, and went foremoft j and being within 6o paces of ’em, fir’d upon them, but they did not Itir for all that : After that I went a little nearer, and Ihot one of of them in the Head, which made him make a moll hideous noife 5 and then they ran olT into the Wood again. We heard on the other fide of us fome more of ’em, and went towards ’em : We heard where they were, but we could not lee ’em ^ for they were feeding about a Tree that had boughs which reach’d down to the ground, amongll which they ftood like fo many Horfes at a Manger. We came dole to the very Tree, where they were, and yet could only hear ’em. I went a little on one fide of the Tree, and then difcover’d a terrible huge Elephant, with to the Eaft-Indies. 551 with four fmall ones befides, about ten paces from me. My Gun was cock’d, and I, having overcome that little Pannick fear that feiz’d me at firft, gave fire upon the biggeft, and hit him juft on the head, which made him roar luftily. Then I retir’d, and another ftept in,, vvho fir’d likewife, and then ano- ther j fo we kept firing three times a piece round. The Elephants gave ground, but not above 20 or 30 paces, and fet up a hideous roaring. We did not think it fafe to purfue any more Game *, So we went back to Sittawach The next morning the neighbouring Cingulayans came down to the Valley, to fee what was done there, having heard much fhooting in the night They found an Elephant, with two very fine teeth, lye dead. They gave an account of it to our chief Officer, who fent immediately for me, and ask’d if we had fiiot the Elephant : I told him it was probable, becaufe we had been purfued in the night by fome of ’em, which oblig’d us to fire upon ’em. This was the only reafon that could ferve to excufe us •, for it is ftricfly forbidden to (hoot any Elephants, unlefs a Man is in danger of his Life. Our Officer fCnt word of it to the Governor of Colamho^ and fent withal the Elephant’s two Teeth. The Flelh of this kind of Animals is good for nothing -, the Fat is ufed for Lamps, the reft was left in the place. In April it rain’d fo violently, that we were al- moft overwhelm’d with Water. The Amboinefesy who, as I told you before, liv’d in the Town, were forc’d to be taken into the Fort, with their Wives and Children j Men, and Beafts, both tame and wild, were drove up into the Mountains ; And ourl Fort was very full of Serpents, Scorpions, and o-s ther venomous Creatures. We did what we could to keep them out, by m.aking Fires at all the Gates and Pofts where the Sentinels ftood. The ^ 5 2 My. SchewitzerV Voyage The Rains abated in May, and likewife the Floods^ and that Month I faw nothing; remarkable, but that the Elephants Ihew’d tbemfelves in vaft Numbers about our Fort. Molt nights of this Month I went a Hunting with Cingulayan Sports-men, and with them I had always good Sport ^ and brought fome- times as much home as would ferve the whole Gar- rifon. An Indian ufed to go foremoft, with a lighted Torch upon his Head, and a Stick in his Hand, to which fome Shells are tyed loofe^ and he goes along fhaking of ’em, making a continual rat’lihg. As foonasany Bufflers, Harts, or Hares, &c. hear this, and lee the Fire, they come towards it, and within fhot of the fellow y then he that goes behind him fhoots as many as he pleafes of ’em. But the fellows fometimes are in danger of being run at by an Elephant, who now and then purfues them, and puts ’em to it very hard, not- withftanding their Fire, and the ratt’ling of their Shells. The I ft of July, There came an Envoy from Co- lumho to Sittawack^ call’d Miero^ : He had with him an Ambaflador from the King of Verfia. He rode in a very fine curious Chariot, made after the Perfian manner, drawn by two Oxen, cover’d with fine white Linnen. His Prefents for the King of were two white Lions, three Tygers, twelve Musk-Cats, all carry’d in very neat Cages, lin’d with green Velvet. Two black Perfian Horfes, co- ver’d likewife with green Velvet ^ and twenty Fal- cons, carry’d by fo many black Malabarian Slaves. The Letter was carry’d by the Dutch Ambafiador in a Silver Cup, and over him was a Canopy carry’d by 4 Cingulayan Noblemen bare-headed. The 2d, We guarded thefe Prefents as far as a place, call’d The DeviVs Tree, by Ruenel j and ha- ving given our Ambafladors three Vollies, we left them. They went forwards with their Prefents to to the Eaft-Indies. • to Biiore-Birae^ which is in the King of Cand'sDo- minion. As foon as the King heard of their co- ming thither, he gave orders to have them all fe- cured, and provided [Neceflaries for the Men, and the Beafts they brought along with them ^ and to keep them in clofe cufiody till further orders. And it is a queftion whether or no they will ever be fet at liberty: For it is above 22 years fince one "John Baptijrawds fent thither as an Envoy from the Dutch, and another Ambaflador fent from the French Vice- roy of Trinconomala^ who are there Hill, kept in Prifon and in Fetters, without any hopes of being ever free, as long as this King lives. Befides this Confinement, they live very hard; for tho’ the King allows them necelfaries (and thofe it may be not -in great plenty neither) the King’s Officers convert the half of them to their own life and Profit. On this fame day. Two gray Old Men came to us in the Fort of Sittawack^ drefs’d after the Cingu- layan manner. They told us that they came about 20 years fince loCalpintin with an Engliffi Ship, and , that they, with ten other Seamen, being fent on fhore to this Ifland to fetch Provifions, Water, and Wood, they were trapann’d by fome Candians, who fent them to Candi^ where they had been kept Prifoners all that while every one of ’em. That the other ten were dead, and they two had ventur’d their Lives to make their efcape, and had left their Black Wives behind them. They had been eight days a coming (or rather eight nights, that being the only time they could travel in, being forc’d to lye hid all day in the Woods). They had heard that day the (hooting from our Fort, and judged it, by that, to be a place in the Hands of the Chri- ftians ; and were over-joy’d to find themfelves deli- ver’d out of the power of their cruel Maffier, the King of Candi. One ^54 SchewitzerV Voyage One of them was a Gunner, the other a Drum- mer, and both fpoke befides, Englifh, very good ' Cingulaian and Portuguefe : The Gunner told us ^ a great many paflages of his Life, during their Sla- very j and amongft other Relations, defcribed to J , us the Richnefs of the King of Warlike in- ; ftruments : His Carriages are all over-laid with i Gold and Silver,and inlaid with Rubies and Saphyrs: | ' He told us that he had feen once a great Ruby that j . a Cingulaian Peafant had found, and carried home to ufe for a Whet-ftone,and had whetted his Knives and Hatchets with it for fome Years. A certain Field Officer of the King of Candi happening to go to ! that Contryman’s Houfe, faw it, and carrijed it to the King, who fent immediatly for the Country Fellow, and askt him what he would have for his | Whetftone : The poor fellow told the King that | he had found it in the River of Bibllogam^ and that it was at his fervice, and that , he could get another ftone to do his bufinefs as well. This innocent an- i fwer fatisfied the King that he did not know the | value of his Jewel ^ for had he known it, it would i have cofl him his life. The King difinifl him, and commanded fome Land and Cattle to be given him, ordering him for the time to come to let Rich ftones ^ lie whenever he found ’em. | The 3d Inftant thefe two poor Englifh Men were fent in a Boat to Columbo ^ I went along with them to introduce them to the Governor, who received | us with extraordinary courtelie, and after a great ^ many queftions to fatisfie his curiolity, fent for Cloaths, which he freely prefonted them with, and f then took them to his Table, and very civilly defi- { red them to flay in his Houfe till fome opportunity v offer’d it felf to fend them to Batavia^ where they f might eafdy get an Englifh Ship to carry them to i Bamam. j The i to the Eafl-Indies. 3^5 1 I [ The 4th I’ went back with two Soldiers to Sit~ tarrach, where I continued till The 1 2th ^ when we were all relieved by a frefh Company from Columbo. The 15th we march’d from Slttawack in the Morning, and came at Night to Columbo. I pack’d, up amongfb my things, two or three hundred of Bulat Leaves, which two Cingulayans carried after me. Thefe Leaves I have already told you are chew’d commonly by the Inhabitants \ fo I brought them to make a prefent of to my Landlady. I can’t tell whether Heaven delign’d me an occafion of making my Fortune or no, but however it was, I refus’d laying bold onitf, and how it was 1 will re- late in fhort. My Landlady treated me very civilly from the firft time of my coming to her Houfe, where I paid her 3 Pvixdollers by the Month, and had a very good Table, and what Suri I pleas’d at Meals : Her entertainment grew in time kinder and kinder and then it broke out into fume prelimi- nary interrogations, why I would not fettle tfiere ? Why I would not Marry ? and many things of that Lind ^ at lafl it came to a clofe application, and to a plain offer of her felf, if I would marry. When I conlidered her on one fide, as to her Fortune, I muft confefs fhe did not altogether difpleafe me. Her firft Husband was a fubltantial free Merchant at Columbo j call’d John Chrijlantz. he was owner of of a Ship, with which he had often been at Bengal at the River Ganges.^ and drove there a confiderable Trade, but going there again in the. year 1678, was call away wdth a Hurricane and he and his fhip loft. W hat Ihe loft by this accident I do not know, but fhe was left W'orth near thirty thoufand Ducats, and twenty Slaves from Bengal which fhe ufed very inhumanly : But the Figure fhe made never would permit me to entertain a thought of marrying her, but that other People may judge whether 3^6 Mr. SchewitzerV ' whether I was too nice, or but reafonably j(b, I will give fome defcription of her : I did not dill ike ' her merely for her being Black, but methoughts her Ears, though they were richly fet out with Gold, look’d but hideoufly, being longer than my Hand : Her Hair, that would reach down to her Heels, file would befmear every Day with Oyl made of Coco-Nuts, and then wind it up on her Head, juft: as we ferve Horfes in Holland^ when they have long Tails : She wore a little fhort fort of a Waftcoat that hardly covered her Breafts, faftned with Gold Buttons ^ from the Breaft down to be- -- neath the Navel Ihe was Naked. The beft part of her Drefs was from beneath the Navel downwards, having a Linnen Garment down to the Feet, and i another-like one at top of that, fomething longer than the under one : She had a great Necklace round her Neck made of Gold and Ivory : She fpoke no Dutch, but Portuguefe and Cingulaifh, which were her Father and Mother’s Languages, and the Mala- barian which is much the fame. All thefe things together were fo far from railing any Paffion for her, that they were a prefervative againft it, fo I e’en left her as I found her. There were at this time two Sloops and a Yacht ready to fet fail for the Coaft of Malabar, there to hinder the Malabarians Boats in their Pepper Traf- fick : I was fent to command them, and had my choice of Men out of all the Company ; After that I , pick’d them out that I liked beft, I took twenty of | them with my felf on board the Yatch, call’d the j Trincommala^ and in each of the two Sloops went j 1 2 Men, and 7 Seamen. The 1 8th. in the Evening we fet fail. I had with me befides my twenty Men, a Steerfman, and 1 5 ; Seamen j and I put off with our Flags and Pendants as Commadore from Cokmbo. The to the Eaft-Indies. The ipth, 20th, 21ft, and 22d, We faw ho Land : We had the wind for us, but the ftream was contrary to us. The 23d, we efpied land in the Forenoon, and in the Afternoon we came before the Town Conchin^ which belong’d heretofore to the Portuguefe. I went to the Commadore that lay there, and deli- ver’d my Letter to him from the Governor of Co- lumbo. The next Day he joyn’d us with another Sloop well Mann’d, and gave us inftrudions how we might belt annoy the Malabarians. The 25th we went to Sea again, and there Cruifed along the Coaft up to Goa^ a Portuguefe Town. We were in a continual Chafe, and all the Boats that we met loaden with Cardamunga, and Pepper, and could not produce a Dutch Pafs, we took. Their Provifions and Goods we flow’d in our Vef- fels, and funk theirs ^ but many of the Malabarian Veflels being little ones, kept in the Shallows near the Land, where we could not come, ours drawing much more Water than theirs did, and thofe were fecure enough. The dth of October, we went back to Coachln^ and brought thither fifty Malabarian Prifoners with us, and a great deal of Onions, Pepper, Car- damunga, Pv.ice, and Dry Fifh. I acquainted the Commadore with what 1 had done, and brought with me, and he left all the Booty amongll us, ex- cept the Pepper, which he kept to himfelf. Here we Itay’d till the 20th of November, and found it much better living than in Cejlon. The 21 11, we went back homewards, and arrived happily at Columbo on the 29th about three of the Clock in the Afternoon : I deliver’d to the Gover- nor my Letters from Conchin^ and every one went to his refpeftive Poll. We had but two Men dy’d in the Expedition, they were (hot with two Poy- Z fon’d 3^8 Mr. SchewitzerV V'oya.ge fon’d Ajfagayen or Darts *, and one Seaman had his Arm fhot off by a Gun that burff in the firing. The 30th, a Maffer Gunner call’d Henry Scholten was fhot to death, he was a Lutheran, and 'would not hearken to any inftruftions or advice that our Proteftant Minifter offer’d him : But being come to the place of Execution, he pray’d for him- felf: Three Muskets were fired upon him, which difpatch’d him in an inftant. Then his Friends took him and put him in a Coffin, and buried him. The fame day two Moors of Folkendal that had been catch’d at Arifen by the Pearl-bank, were foundly whipt, all their cry was Afol Faring^ Afoi Faring ill Malabarian, that is to fay , Mercy Sirs, Mercy Sirs •, at lafl: they hung their Heads on one fide, which made me think they were dead ^ but as foon as the whipping was over, they held up their Heads briskly again. The Executioner rubb’d their wounds afterwards with Pepper and Salt, and they were kept in Fetters, as belonging properly to the Company. I was now offer’d a Poft, which I thought more advantagious, and not expos’d to To much Fatigue, which was to be Overfeer of the 1 2 Clerks belong- to the Eafl: India Company : I accepted of it, and entred into the Office on the iff: of December. The Chief of that Office was one Walter Hander Beeh It was open from Seven till T en in the Morning, and from Two till Six in the Afternoon, all which time there was bufinefs enough for the Twelve Clerks. I Dieted all this while with ray long-ear’d Wi- dow, who continu’d asking me why I would not marry : I told her I would have her if fhe would leave off Oyling her Hair, and let her Ears be dipt into fhape j at which Ihe fhook her Head, and faid in a doleful manner that fhe would die firft. There to the Eaft-Indies. 539 There was at this time a Jew that had liv’d a confiderable time in the Houfe of a Cingulailh No- bleman, and had been very familiar with his Daugh- ter, tho’ not Marry’d to her : He had a grievous ■fit of Sicknefs, during which fhe was fo faithful and ferviceable to him, chat he promis’d her Marriage as foon as he fhould be recover’d. Being got up again, Ihe purfued him to make good his Promife *, but the Jew refus’d it out of meer ihame of being feen at Church with fuch a long-ear’d Creature ^ and told her that was the only realbn he could give her for going back from his Word. She, to remedy that, confented to have her Ears cut into better falhion, and had it done accordingly •, after which the Jew Marry’d her in CoUmho on a Sunday. A little while after he fell Lame, both in his Hands and Feet, and nothing but misfortunes befell him. The caufe of all this he imputed wholly to his be- ing turn’d Chriifiah \ and look’d upon all as a juft Judgment upon him for having forfaken the JewiPn Religion : Bitterly Curfing the hour he had ever been Baptized. Another Jew, a Convert likevvife, Marry’d at the fame time a Black young Gentlewo- man of Mdahar^ very Rich but this Marriage proved more happy than the other. Being occaiionally come to treat of Marriages, I will give you fome Account how they are perform’d at ColHmbo. The Parties being agreed before-hand, the Bride- groom comes, with two or three of his Friends, to the Bride’s Houfe, where fhe is drefs’d in fine white Linnen and fine Flowers, to receive him. Her Fa- ther and Mother, if fhe has any, are to’ be prefent there ^ and fo are any two Perfons that were at her Baptifm: The Certificate being produc’d, the Bride and Bridegroom give one another a Ring ^ after this they make merry. The next Sunday aL ter it, the Names are publifh’d three times in the Z 2 Church*, 340 M*. Schewitzer’; Voyage Church ^ and the T uefday after th at, they are Mar- ry’d. When they go to Church, they have feveral Balliators, or Leapers, that go before them Dan- cing all the way. Then goes the Bride between two Women, with a fine Umbrella over her Head , then the Bridegroom between two of his Friend s. The Ceremony being ended; when the Bride is come home again, every one in the Room Sprinkles her with Rofe- water, and throws an handful of Flowers upon her. Then they have a Wedding- Dinner, which is always given by the Maid’s Fa- ther and Mother at their Houfe : When the new Couple are got to Bed, they fall a-beating Drums, Tamelins,and other Inftruments, for about an hour v the Balliators all the while Dancing, and making a great noife. The next day they go about a mile or two out of Town, where they have a Dinner atfome Publick-Houfe, which is generally given by the two Bride-men. Any European in Ceylon may marry any Woman he pleafes : But if he is in the Dutch Service, the Marriage is not permitted ; unlefs a Teftimonial is given of the Woman’s being Chriften’d, under the Minifler’s Hand and Seal. Thefe Women pretend to have a much greater Inclination and Love for a white Man, than for their own Country-men : So that, if there is any Credit to be given to ’em, one might be pretty fecure of keeping one’s Wife to himfelf, at leaft, from a black Rival. But I have known many Inftances to the contrary, of Women that have been brought to Bed with black Children, which never happens if a Woman keeps conftantly to an European ; and feveral complaints I have known made of this kind to the Minifters. Many indeed choofe rather to to take no notice of it, than to expofe themfelves by making their complaint ; but if any brought it to an Examination, and it was either found out or con- fefs’d to the Eaft-Indies. ^4^ I fefs’d \ both Ihe and the Adulterer were feverely , Whipp’d, and made Slaves of, together with the Brats. There liv’d a Shoe-maker in the Old City of Columho^ that had marry’d a Mafliz^e^ (fothey ! call a Woman that hath had a white Father and a jj black Mother,^ her Father and Mother were very honeft People, and my great acquaintance (he was a Brewer of Colninho^ and one of the Burghers) : The young Couple had not been marry’d above fix : or feven Months,, when « Malabarian, one of the ^ Walhers, came (as it is ufual at Columbo for them to go twice a- week to fetch People’s foul Linnen ) to ’ this Man’s Houfe, and finding the vVoman alone at ’ Home, courted her to comply in his ruHical man- ^ ner, promifing to Walh her Linnen for nothing. ^ The Woman pretended to like the bargain well ^ enough, but told him Ihe could not for the prefent do it with fafety, but the next opportunity ffie ^ : would grant him his defire. The fellow went home ^ ' very well fatisfy’d with the hopes of his future Enjoy- , ment.But when the Shoe-maker came home,his Wife ] ' very faithfully tells bim all that had pafied between '' them ; The Man was not a little glad to find his Wife fo virtuous, and delir’d her to admit him in- to the Room, where he defign’d to lay wait for him. At the time appointed the Malabarian came, f and the Woman, according to promife, gave the fignal ^ upon which the Shoemaker and a Neigh- j hour of his came out, each of ’em having a good ; Club, and fell upon the poor Malabarian, and dil- abl’d him from any fuch attempts for the future. II A fhort time after this the young Woman dy’d, fup- , i pofed to have been poifon’d by fome Blacks, for being I fo faithful to a White. I* Their marrying with the Whites is (I am apt to thinkj generally more out of Policy, and to have ** the advantage of living more fccure and free among 542 ikfr. Schewitzer’i Voyage the Europeans, who have all the power in their hands, than out of any true love for ’em. The Women live very lazy Lives ^ they chaw Betel and fmoak Tobacco, all day long •, they are very neat, and wa(h themfelves all over every day. The Mail hath all the Care of the Houfe upon him ^ and they have generally two Slaves, the one to go to Market, the other to drefs the Viftuals. I will, now I am treating of Columbo^ give you home Defcription of that City. I have already told you how it was built by the Portuguefe ^ but when the Dutch Eaft-India Com- pany took poHeffion of it, they Demolifli’d many ' parts, and Re-built pthers after the Dutch man- ner ^ and to this day they are building at the Ca- llle and City. The CalUe hath on the Weft-fide, the Sea ^ on the North-Eaft, the City on the South- Eaff, a fweet River : It is fortify’d with feveral Bulwarks, each of which hath 20 or 30 Guns •, a very good Counterfcarp ^ and there are fo many Rocks on the Sea-fide, that no Ships can come near it. There is a broad Channel runs all round it, where one may fee every day Crocodiles in abundance : It hath three Gates, one to the Sonth-Welb, call’d Tort de Gala ^ about a Mufquet-fhot ofl^ on the fide that goes to Galture^ the Land about it is richly fill’d with Orchards and Gardens, full of fine Fruit- trees, which reach, a mile or two ; The other Gate is call’d the Delfsche Tort^ from the Bafirion which is juft by it, that bears that Name. This Gate is toward the City, and the way to it hath the Sea all along on one fide, and a deep Ditch on the 0- ther, and a large Field call’d the Buffle-ds Plain^ which they can lay all under Water when they pleafe, by opening a Sluce. The third Gate, which is Northward, hath the Name of Water-Port-^ on the left fide of that is the Water-Pajs, guarded by many to the Eaft-I«dies, ^4^ many Cannon, that command all the Ships that lye in the Road. Within the Caftle are many pretty Walks of Nut-trees, let in an uniform Order, but they bear no Fruit, only red and white Flowers : The Streets are pleafant walks themfelves j having Trees on both fides, and before the Houfes. The Caftle contains about 40 Acres of Land. The Go- vernor, all the Merchants, Officers, and Soldiers, have their Dwelling within it ^ and v/ithont the Walls, between them and the Sea, are the Huts, where near four thoufand Slaves, belonging to the Company, lye at night. They are of diffierent Na- tions, and are conflantly kept at work : Their Huts are very little, made up with nothing but Straw and Leaves. There are Dutch-men to look over ’em, who are call’d Mucadons •, each of thefe have 70, 80, 90, or 1 00 to overfee, and mull; give an . account of ’em. There is likewifc a very large place for Ammu- nition, two ffirong Cellars for Gun-powder, and Magazines for the Merchants, and a Church and behind that^ a very iinc' Stable, commonly full of Periian Horfes. There isalfoa Powder Wind-mill by Port do Gaht^ and by the Water-Pafs^ a Wind- mill to faw Boards, &c. The City of Columbo is much larger than the CaPde, by reafon of the large Trees and Gardens that are in it •, and it is very well •fortify’d with five Bulwarks, call’d, tGEiorin^ Con- (lantia^ Concordia^ Ffaerlem^ and Eiickh'nyfcn. It hath on the North the Road where the Ships lye \ on the other fide the River that is full of Crocodiles. It hath three Gates, the one (as I Paid juft now) is call’d the Delfsche-Pon^ the fecond is not far from that, and goes toward the Sea ^ the third is the Port-ViEloria.^ or Negiimbo. The Inhabitants arc a mixture of Officers, Soldiers, Burghers, and Tradefmen, Blacks and Whites, and -others : For which reafon the Hol- Z 4 landers 544 Mr. SchewitzerV Voyage landers are oblig’d to keep a careful watch ever y night. The Streets are always very clean, tho’ it Rain never fo much. There is an Hofpital for the Dutch, very v/ell provided with able Surgeons, and they with very good Medicines, and Slaves allow’d them. The chief Dodor, that had the Care of it in my time, was in very ill Repute for his ill Ma- nagement of thofe that came under his Hands, and for feveral ill Adions he was accus’d of ; and, a- mongft others, of having a pretty while been too familiar with a Slave of his, and then Killing of her, and Burying her in his Garden. Not far from that is an Hofpital for Dutch Or- phans : The Boys are taught to Read and Write •, after that they are made either Drummers or Sol- diers : The Girls, befides Reading and Writing, are taught to Sew, or any other Employment pro- per to their Sex ^ and there they are kept to work till fome-body comes to mari'y ’em, which com- monly happens by that time they are 1 2 or 1 3 years of Age. The Dutch Church-yard is in the middle of the City, enclos’d with a Wall, on which a Malabafian School Hands ; On the out-fide of the Church-yard, there is Sold, all the Week long. Silks, Stuffs, and Linnen, by the Moors and Perfians and all forts of Fruits, dry’d Fifh, Onions, Sugar and Rite, by the Malabarians, Maldivians, and Cingulayans, and’ other Inhabitants of CoUmbo, P H A P. to the . Eaft-Indies. 345 CHAP. IX. A fad Accident happens before Columbo by Gan-pow- der. Two Ships come to Columbo from Perlia, bound from thence for Holland. The Author is dif- charged at his requefi (jho’ with fome diffculty') : Is to go to Punt de Gala by Sea^ to Embark there. The Mafier being drunk.^ they run the V tjfel against a Rock., and all funk. The Author and fourteen others fqve their Lives by fvimming to fhore ^ but loft all their Goods. They come Naked to Punt de Gala, whence he Embarks aboard the Weftei'-Amftel. Their departure and arrival to the Cape, where they find the Ships from Batavia that had waited fezen Weeks for them. A French Pirate comes amo gj} them under a difguife. All come away from the Cape. An Account of their V'oyage : What places they puf- fed: What extremity they were come to. At la ft., by God’s Affiflance, they came fafc home. IN the Year 1680, We had three unlucky Ac- cidents: The one was, That a Ship being come from Holland by Batavia, and lying at Anchor in the Road near Columbo it had brought a great quantity of Gun-Powder for the ufe of this City *, the Inhabitants thereof had already loaded their Boats with 80 Barrels of it, and were fo near Land, that they prepar’d for haling of it to fiiore; A Boy, belonging to the Mafter of the Boat, flood fmoaking wdth a Pipe in his Month-, which the Ma- iler feeing, gave him fuch a box on the Ear, that he dafli’d his Pipe into the next Boat, where fome Powder being fcatter’d, took Fire, and blew up that Boat, and, in the twinkling of an Eye, the two Mr. Schewitzer’j Voyage two next ^ and not only fo, but alfo, all the People that flood upon the fhore had a tofs in the Air. Another was, That two Ships lying at Anchor in the Road, and the Wind growing very violent, broke their Cakes, and ftranded them againll the Fifh-market ^ bnt all the Men laved their Lives. The 9th of JDecemher, Two great Ships call’d the Africa^ and the Cortegeene^ came from Perfia. Having nQw Raid fevgn months over and above the five year? I was oblig’d to, in the Service of the Eaft-India Company, I defign’d to have gone off with thofe Ships, but the Governor refus’d to difcharge me for that tinte, under pretence of af- feflion to me. They fail’d away on the loth from Cohmho to the City Punt de Gala^ to take in Pepper and Cinna- mon. I made my complaint that I was detain’d wholly againft my will, to, the chief Merchant of the Company ^ he told me I fhould go, and that I fhould flay but fome days \ that a VelTel was daily expeded to come from Bengal^ and was to take up feveral other Perfoiis here, and then to go for our Country. The nth. News came from Pmt de Gala^ by Land, that thefaid VelTel was come in there from Bengal^ well loaded with Salt-peter, but had no Mails left. On the 1 2th, Some Carpenters and three Malls were fent in a fmall Vellel to refit the Ship, and get it ready to go with the two others for Hol- land. The 14th, I went to the or Village, call’d Batalamulo, two miles from Columbo^ where I took my leave of our General Dijfave Temekool (that was come over to us from the King of Candi.') He entertain’d me very civilly at Dinner, and order’d four Cingulayans to carry me back in a Palankir^ to the Eaft-Indies. 547 to Cohmbo^ and prefented me with 200 preferv’d Citrons for my Voyage. The 15th, My Captain invited meat night to a very handfom Supper. On the 16th, A very rich Portuguefe, call’d Bon de Palro^ living at Matnal, a league from Columbo^ fent an Elephant for me to come to his Houfe, where he receiv’d me with a noble Entertainment of Mu- lick, and a fplendid Feall ; I fpent that night with him ^ during which he ufed a great deal of Rhe- toric to perfwade me to Hay, and ask’d me, why I would venture fo hazardous a Voyage, feeing I liv’d fo pieafantly there, and fo much belov’d in that Country^ but all this was in vain : My Incli- nations for my own Country were to me the molt prevailing Arguments. On the 1 7th, I took my leave of him, and thank’d him very heartily j and he lent me an Elephant to carry me back. On the 1 8th, 1 took my leave of my Friends at the Office at Co A wl'o, and On the 19th, My Landlady invited me, with fome others of her Friends and Acquaintance; She feem’d very much difeontented with my leaving of her thus, yet would Ihew her felf kind to the laft •, and prefented me with abundance of Fruit and Spi- ces : But when I came to Sea, I threw all over- board, for fear fome trick or philter Ihould have been play’d with them, which is ufual here. The 20th, The Governor fent us word, that we Ihould get us all ready to go aboard that night j about four of the Clock in the afternoon, we went on board, and took all our Goods with us. Our Ship was but fmall, yet it had four Pieces of Caijr non, twelve Seamen, befides the Mafter, and the Steerfman. Our Maker was one Cornelius Erafrnus^ a Jutlander^ a true Pitcherman^ who Raid at Co- lumbo to take his leave of his Wife, and Friends ^ his 54^ Mr. Schewitzer’j Voyage his Wife was a Papift when I knew her firft, but he was a Lutheran.^ /r While I was at Columho^ I’took a great deal of pains to convert her, and at laft ef- feftediti but I believe fhe only embrac’d Luthcr\ faith becaufeitwasherHusband’s: Ithought however (he had chang’d Ibmewhat for the better ^ and I believe if I had ftaid, I might IHII have advis’d her better. She had a Sifter, one of the prettieft Wo- men I almoft ever faw ^ at leaft, the fineft that e- ver was in that Country. She was a white Wo- man, and her Mother was a Babylonian. The drefs flie went in was a great difadvantage to her Beau- ty, being the fame drefs as I defcrib’d before, when I fpoke of the Habit my long-ear’d Widow ufed to wear. Being'oblig’d to lye ftill here till the 21th to ftay for Letters, I went in a Fiflier-boat to Columbo to ourMaftcr’s Houfe, where he was making very mer- ry,having ftaid a while, he took his leave of his Wife and Sifter, who were very much griev’d at his de- parture j but they little thought it was their laft farewel, as it prov’d the next day ; for, being got into the Ship, and having weigh’d Anchor, we fett fail. The Wind toward night grew fomething boyfterous j and as we came within a mile of Punt de Gda, our Ship, by the careleflhefs of the Mafter, and Steerfman, who were carroufing in the Cab- bin, ftruck upon a great Rock, call’d the Whde (which is but juft cover’d over with Water ) and fprung a large Leak, which made the Ship be- gin immediately to fink. The Mafter hearing the knock, and being fenfible of the Danger, came out to give orders, and cry’d out we fhouldturn the Ship about j but it was too late to give Diredions ^ fo we prepar’d our felves for fwimming^ and I ftripp’d my felf to my Drav/ers, and with feveral others I leap’d into the Sea ^ we guefs’d by the fcum where-abouts the Ihore was j we made that way, to the Eaft-Indies. 549 way, and in lefs than half an hour we reach’d the Land : We were fifteen of us that fav’d our felves by fwimming ^ the reft , being the Mafter, the Steerfman, and ten others, were all drown’d. We went to the firft Houfe we faw, which be- long’d to a Cingulaifli Nobleman, who receiv’d us very kindly, had a great Fire made for us, and gave us all the refrefiiment his Houfe did af- ford. The 23th, In the morning we came before the Town of Pmt de Gala. The Serjeants, Corporals, and Soldiers that kept the Guard, were mov’d with Compaffion-, and, before we went any further, gave every one of us fome old Garments to cover our Nakednefs^ After this we were brought before the Governor, who examin’d us all, to know who was to blame for this mifcarriage. The Mafter was in all the fault we told him, but he had his Punifhment already.' The Governor order’d every one of us to have 1 2 Rixdollars paid us to equip our felves again, which was to be abated in our Accompts. Six of the Men that came from Cohm~ bo with me would not venture to Sea again fo they engag’d themfelves a-new for three years, in the fervice of the Company ^ their Pay was augmented with two Guldens a month, and they were now to have twelve Guldens, whereas they ufed to have | but ten. Orders were given to a Serjeant to take twelve men with him to go that very morning and fee if they could recover any thing of our Ship- wrack. I went thither my felf in the afternoon, and faw a great many pieces of the Ship, and pie- ces of Chefts a-Ihore : But I flirewMly fufpeded that they were broke by the Soldiers, and that they had bury’d the Goods under Ground. The 14th, Some of the Men that were drown’d were drove upon the Land j the reft, I fuppofe, had feafted the Sharks, that are there in abundance. The ^5© Mr. Schewitzer’j The 25 th, I went on board the Wefier-Amgel^ and gave my Pafs to the Mafter of it. The form of it was thus : To N. N. Mafier of the Shf^ call’d the Wefter-Amflel^ Tow may receive on board the Bea- rer hereof Chriftopher Schewitzer, with his Goods^ to go with you into Holland. My Ship did not at all pleafe me, for I faw it was very Old, and befides that, very fmall, and mighty flow in failing. The Carpenters, &c. were bulie in mending of it : In the mean while I went to fliore again, and ftaid at Panto de Gala, till the Ships were all ready, and there I took my provi- lions. This Fort, by what I faw of it, is ftronger than that of Colambo. The 5 th of January, 1582, All our loading was compleat \ it confilled of Pepper, Cinnamon, Lin- nen, and Silk-ftuffs, from China and Bengal. On the 13th, An Officer came to take a view of all the Palftngers. The 14th, We hoifted up Sail all together, with a dired Wind for us at S. E. The Cortgeene being the biggeft Ship, was our Commadore, or Admiral. We fir’d all our Cannon : The like was done in re- turn all round Panto de Gala. The 15th, We kept a Fait in our Ship, to beg God’s affiftance in our Voyage ^ all the Dutch Ci- ties in Ceylon did the fame. The 1 5th, The Mafters of our Ships met in the Cortgeene to advife and refolve upon their fignal, in cafe of their needing one another’s affiftance ^ and upon the Watch-word, and ordering of their Lan- thorns in the night-time. The two large Ships fail’d away briskly, but ours went very flowly ; towards night they took in fome of their Sails, that we might come up to them. We had in our Ship, the Mafter, three Surgeons (one of which always read PrayersJ fome Officers, 12 to the Eaft -Indies. 351 12 Soldiers, 24 Seamen, all together made 55 men. The two other Ships had each of ’em 1 50. We had befides a great many Animals on Board, viz.. Two Parrots, two Apes, two Cacadnsoi Amhoina.^ fthey are white Birds as big as Pigeons, with a tuft on their Heads, and apter to learn to talk than the Parrots 0 we had a Crocodile an Ell long, a Stag from Bengal'. All thefe dyed in two months time, except the two Apes. We had likewife fifty Hogs from Bengal., and two or three dozen of Ducks for refrefhmentnow and then. Our otherProvifions were 60 Barrels of Water, 6 Barrels of Salt Pork, 6 of other Flefh, 6 Barrels of Indian Brandy, and Pvice enough. Our Ship v/as loaded at bottom with old broken pieces of Cannon inflcad of Ballafl, then with Salt-Peter, then with looLalls of Cinnamon and Pepper-, and at top of all there were 250 great Bales of Silks and Linnen. We kept altogether without Tcorms, or bad wea- ther till the 28th of April. We were then near the Coafls of Africa-, but a thick Fog came upon us, and the Wind changing at South Weft, blew us in one day and two nights 50 miles from Land ■, after which it changed to the Eafl by which means we came, On the 30th, in light of Tafcl-bergh, Lewen-hergh , and Duyvels'hergh. The iff of May, We came to the Cafe of good Hofe: There we found the Ships that were come from Batavia, that had lain there feven Weeks ftay- ing for us : There were five of them, four large VefTels, and one Fifher-boat, call’d the Poflborn. On board the Admiral, ca\V d the Landfebowen, that had a very fine gilt Stern, was the Old Hecr Ryclojf van Coens, heretofore the General over the Eafl-India Forces. They told us that they had fuf- fer’d much in the Latitude of St. Morrice by a florin, 352 Mr, SchewitzerV Voyage ftorm, which had wholly difabled the Middleburgh^ but that fhe was fince almolt refitted. We lay there ftill feven days longer, and in that time took in frefh Water, Wood, Turnips, Herbs, Cabbage, Sheep, and Goats. Min Heer Ryclof van Goens,^ with all his Retinue, lodg’d all that while at the Governor’s in the Fort. His Retinue was very magnificent , having feveral Gentlemen to wait on him, a Trumpeter, 1 2 Men for his Guard, all drefs’d very fine in yellow, with filver Buttons, and red Breeches, and a great many Slaves from Bengal. I lay at a Dutch Countryman’s Houfe un- der the Devil’s Hill *, he was forc’d to keep feve- ral Hottentots, and great Dogs, tofecure his Vin- yards and other Grounds from the Wild Beafts. The 2d, A Ship came and lay amongft ours in the Road *, fhe put out white Flags and Pendants. The Men on board of her gave out that they were French Merchants. But at night a Seaman comes fwimming to our Admiral by the Moon-fhine, and difeovers what they were. He told ’em that they were French Pyratesy richly loaded with the booty they had got along the Arabian Coafls : For his own part they carry’d him away by force out of Perfia.^ and ufed him as a Slave every fince and he begg’d that we would receive him, and carry him into Holland. In the morning early the Pyrates mif- fing this fellow halted away, two of our bell Ships were order’d to go after them, but they could ne- ver come near them. The 8th, The Admiral went on board with all his Retinue, only he left his Wife behind him j for what Reafon we could not learn. The 9th, Early in the morning, we hoifled up fail and weigh’d Anchors. The Wind was very good for us at South-Eaft j and we went by the Zee Honden or B audit en I Hand. On to the Eaft-Indies. One the loth. We kept a day of Falling and Hu- m iliation. On the nth, There was a meeting of all the Mailers, &c. to agree all of us upon certain fignals to be given amongll us either by fhooting, lighting Fires, or hanging odt of Flags, &c. From the 1 2th to the idth. We had very uncer- tain Winds, and little for us. At that time we had feveral North-Caprs about our Ships. They are a large fort of Filh almofl like a Whale. We held our courfe Weltward and by South. The 17th, Wecame into the Trade-winds, which blow conllantly at North gnd Well. We made direftly toward the Illand of St. Helens^ to be in- form’d there in what pollure Affairs flood in Europe. The 20th of June, We came in fight of that Ifland ^ and being come on one fide of it, where the Englilh had a Fort, we order’d the Poflhorn to fail -dole by that Fort, to give them notice that we were Dutch, and came thither upon no other de- lign than to ask fome News about They an- fwer’d us that it was a general Peace every where at Sea. Upon which we very joyfully fired all our Can- non, which was all anfwer’d from the Englilh Fort. We kept on in our courfe Well aud by North j the Winds Hill continuing ^ and we left St. Eldens on the left hand of us. The 22th of July, We came under the line, and very happily pafs’d it, and loll but two Men, both of ’em Soldiers. The 23th at night, Wefaw again the Northern Star to our great Joy ^ till then we had only the Southern Crofs in light, which is a Con- ^ llellation of four Stars, which Hand in ^ ^ this Order. * The 554 Mr. Schewltzer’i’ Voyage The 24th we met a Spanifli Ship that had a great many Women on Board, who were fentinto the Weft-hdies to People them : She was afraid of us, and would have efcaped, but our Admiral foon fetch’d her back again. The 25th we met anEnglilh Ship that had but one Maft, flie was Laden with Tobacco from Brafil ^ we Barter’d with them, and gave a good quantity of Spices, Silks, Stuffs, and Linnen, for their Tobacco •, but we were glad we could have it on any account. I for my part gave a great deal of Pepper and Cinnamon for half a pound of it. The 25th, 27th, and 28th the Englifhman kept by us, but on the 22th he left us with wonderful fwiftnefs, and got out of fight immediately. The 30th a great many flying Fifhes fell down in our Ship, fome of which we Eat, and the reft we kept for a Rarity. The 31ft abundance of Sea-hogs came through our Fleet, Swdmming againft the Wind. Our Gunner fhot one of them with an Elligar which is an Inflrument that flicks in the Fifh it hits : it hath a Leaden weight at the But-end, which makes that end fink, and with the other it turns up the Fifh : As foon as that one was made to bleed, all the others made away. That which we catch’d was Seven Foot long, and half that in compafs*, It was perfeft Bacon, and had a deal of warm Blood. The I ft of Auguft we went direftly North- ward j the Wind was at South-Weft, and blew very cold. The Days were long, fo that we refted more by Day than by Night. The 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 5th, and 7th we had much Rain , with which we filled our Water- Barrels ^ the Wind too being fomething boifte- rous, parted us : Our Vcffel was juft going to Founder, and began to gape in feme places half a Foot Eaft-Indies. a Foot Wide. The Carpenters fell to Work, and were forced to bind up the Cracks and Chinks with Cords, Iron Bands, and Chains j and by our continual Pumping , we m^e fhift to keep the Ship up. On the 8th we were forced to take in all our Sails , and let our Ship Drive j two Waves ftruck into our Ship which would have cejtairi- ly Sunk us, had not God’s Mercy, together with I our extream Diligence, happily freed us from the Danger. We were at that time by our felves, without either Friend or Foe near us. Our Cook bad for fome Days not been able to Drefs us any Vi- suals for the Tolling and Tumbling in our Ship, fo that we were forced to Eat Bacon that came from Bengal Raw, and afterwards help the Dige- ftion of it with Indian Brandy, of which we had good llrore. The pth we heard fcveral great Pieces of Can- non Fired, but could not tell for whaf; In the Afternoon about two a Clock, we faw at our Right Hand a large Ship ^ we found it was our Vice Admiral, and perceived by the Pendants that it was in danger of Sinking. We both en^ deavoured to get up to one another, and the Ad- miral being come within reach of us, the Men on Board begg’d that we would fend our Long- Boat to . help them- They kept ftill Calling, Bawling , and Firing, v/hilfl: we were adviling whether we had beil joyn them, or keep off ^ For if they , being an Hundred and Fifty in Number , had all come over to us, we mull have llarved ^ yet we de- signed to be ready to take up as many as we could if their Ship had funk ; At lait we re- Aa 2 folved S Mr. Schewitzer’i Voyage folVed that our Mafter , a very skilful Seaman Ihould go to them , to fee what condition they were in, and to give them his Advice. When he was come unto them, he advifed rhem to throw Over-board fome of their Goods, as they defigned to do before: So they unloaded the Veflel of near Four Hundred Lafts of Spices, as Cinnamon ^ Cloves, Nutmegs, Pepper, by which means they could come to Hop the Leak, and fo at laft they faved themfelves. The Pepper being fpattered about, got into their Pumps, fo thaf they could npt me them ^ the fame thing hath often happened With us too. The loth, and nth, Thefe Stormy Winds a- bated. We began now to find it colder and colder, and the Fogs to rife again. In thoft two days all our Fleet, except !'•“';